amphoric
English
Etymology
amphora + -ic
Adjective
amphoric (not comparable)
- (medicine) Produced by or indicating a hollow cavity in the lungs, giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter.
- amphoric respiration or resonance
Translations
produced by or indicating a hollow cavity in the lungs
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See also
- amphoricity
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for amphoric in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- amorphic