AMPHORIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amphoric mean? 

• AMPHORIC (adjective)
  The adjective AMPHORIC has 1 sense:

1. the sound heard in auscultation resembling the hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle

  Familiarity information: AMPHORIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMPHORIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The sound heard in auscultation resembling the hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

amphoric breathing indicates a cavity in the lung

Pertainym:

auscultation (listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope))