Denoting the sound heard in percussion and auscultation, resembling the noise made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle. [G. amphora, a jar]
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am·phor·ic am-'fȯr-ik adj resembling the sound made by blowing across the mouth of an empty bottle <\amphoric breathing> <\amphoric sounds>
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am·phor·ic (am-forґik) [L. amphoricus, from Gr. amphora jar] 1. pertaining to a bottle. 2. resembling the sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle, used to describe certain high-pitched auscultatory sounds.Medical dictionary. 2011.