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.

• 🇪🇸Adjetivo que describe un sonido que recuerda al producido al soplar en una botella o ánfora, usado principalmente en el contexto médico para referirse a ciertos ruidos respiratorios. Tiene un carácter algo anticuado.

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.

   🇪🇸anfórico

   Sinónimos: cavernousechoinghollowresonant