amphoric

amphoric

 [am-for´ik]

pertaining to a bottle; resembling the sound made by blowing across the neck of a bottle.

am·phor·ic

(am-fōr'ik),

Denoting the sound heard in auscultation (but not percussion) of the lungs; resembles the noise produced by blowing across the mouth of a bottle.

[G. amphora, a jar]

am·phor·ic

(am-fōr'ik)

Denoting a hollow sound heard on percussion and auscultation of the thorax over a pulmonary cavity or pneumothorax.

[G. amphora, a jar]