adjective
- relating to or resembling the sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle; hollow and echoing
Usage: medical; technical
Examples
- The doctor detected an amphoral breathing sound during the patient's chest examination.
- Amphoral resonance can indicate a cavity or hollow space in the lungs.
- The amphoral quality of the sound suggested air moving through a large cavity.
- Clinicians listen for amphoral breath sounds as a diagnostic sign of certain lung conditions.