adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Of or related to an amphora, either as a large vessel or a Roman unit of liquid measure. historical, not-comparable
2. 2
   Produced by or indicating a hollow cavity in the lungs, giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter. not-comparable

   "amphoric respiration or resonance"

Adjective

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

Example

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"amphoric respiration or resonance"

Etymology

From Latin amphoricus (“of or related to an amphora”), from amphora + -icus (“-ic: forming adj.”). Equivalent to amphora + -ic.

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