amphoric

An obsolete adjective describing a sound resembling that produced by blowing into a bottle or amphora, typically used in medical contexts to describe certain respiratory sounds.

• 🌐صفة طبية قديمة تصف صوتاً يشبه الصوت الناتج عن النفخ في زجاجة أو جرة، وتُستخدم خاصة لوصف بعض أصوات التنفس. تدل أيضاً على الصوت الأجوف الرنان.

1. Hollow, bottle-like sound C2 formal medical

   Describing a sound heard during medical auscultation that resembles the hollow tone produced by blowing across the mouth of an empty bottle.

   • The physician noted an amphoric quality to the patient's breathing.
   • An amphoric sound was detected over the lung cavity.
   • The stethoscope revealed an amphoric resonance in the chest.

   🌐صوت أمفوري

   المرادفات: cavernousechoinghollowresonant