amphoric breathing indicates a cavity in the lung. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : amphoric breathing. From Dictionary.com.
The old doctor murmured some words about amphoric breathing, and a sound such as a cracked jar might give out. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Episode] Reference
Percussion gives a dull sound or if there are large cavities, it is hollow, and auscultation elicits the amphoric sound, as of blowing into a bottle. From Wordnik.com. [The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand] Reference
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