amphoric

1. 1.

   the sound heard in auscultation resembling the hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle

   “amphoric breathing indicates a cavity in the lung”

Questions about amphoric

What does amphoric mean?

amphoric means "the sound heard in auscultation resembling the hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle".

How many syllables are in amphoric?

amphoric has 3 syllables: am-pho-ric. The stress falls on "pho".

Is amphoric a common word?

amphoric is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.