amphoric Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective the sound heard in auscultation resembling the hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle
    • amphoric breathing indicates a cavity in the lung

WordNet


Am*phor"ic adjective
Definitions
  1. (Med.) Produced by, or indicating, a cavity in the lungs, not filled, and giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter; as, amphoric respiration or resonance.

Webster 1913