Amphoric

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  amphoric \am*phor"ic\ ([a^]m*f[o^]r"[i^]k), a. (Med.)
     Resembling a sound like that produced by blowing into an
     empty bottle; especially, a respiratory sound heard over
     cavities in the lungs during percussion and auscultation; as,
     amphoric respiration or resonance.
     [1913 Webster + AS]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  amphoric
       adj : 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"