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PRONUNCIATION OF AMPHORIC

amphoric  [æmˈfɒrɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMPHORIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Amphoric is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES AMPHORIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of amphoric in the English dictionary

The definition of amphoric in the dictionary is resembling the sound produced by blowing into a bottle. Amphoric breath sounds are heard through a stethoscope placed over a cavity in the lung.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AMPHORIC


anaphoric
ˌænəˈfɒrɪk
camphoric
kæmˈfɒrɪk
cataphoric
ˌkætəˈfɒrɪk
dysphoric
dɪsˈfɒrɪk
euphoric
juːˈfɒrɪk
exophoric
ˌɛksəʊˈfɒrɪk
gonophoric
ˌɡɒnəʊˈfɒrɪk
gynophoric
ˌdʒaɪnəʊˈfɒrɪk
historic
hɪˈstɒrɪk
hydrochloric
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈklɒrɪk
hypophosphoric
ˌhaɪpəʊfɒsˈfɒrɪk
metaphoric
ˌmetəˈfɒrɪk
phosphoric
fɒsˈfɒrɪk
prehistoric
ˌpriːhɪˈstɒrɪk
pyrophoric
ˌpaɪrəʊˈfɒrɪk
semaphoric
ˌsɛməˈfɒrɪk
sporophoric
ˌspɔːrəˈfɒrɪk
theophoric
ˌθɪəˈfɒrɪk
toric
ˈtɒrɪk
Warwick
ˈwɒrɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMPHORIC

amphistomatic
amphistomous
amphistylar
amphitheatral
amphitheatre
amphitheatric
amphitheatrical
amphitheatrically
amphithecia
amphithecium
amphitricha
amphitrichous
Amphitrite
amphitropous
Amphitryon
ampholyte
amphora
amphorae
amphoral
amphoteric

WORDS THAT END LIKE AMPHORIC

boric
choric
chromatophoric
chromophoric
diasporic
enchoric
gametophoric
Hathoric
hydrochoric
hydrofluoric
isochoric
mastigophoric
meteoric
motoric
plethoric
rhetoric
sophomoric
Theodoric
thoric
zoophoric

Synonyms and antonyms of amphoric in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «amphoric» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AMPHORIC

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Translator English - Chinese

amphoric
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

amphoric
570 millions of speakers

English

amphoric
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

amphoric
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جرية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

amphoric
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

amphoric
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

amphoric
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

amphorique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Amphoric
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

amphorisches
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

amphoric
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

amphoric
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Amphoric
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

amphoric
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

amphoric
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अमोनिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

amphoric
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

anforico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

amphoric
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

amphoric
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

amphoric
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

amphoric
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

amphoric
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

amphoric
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

amphoric
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of amphoric

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AMPHORIC»

The term «amphoric» is regularly used and occupies the 97.973 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AMPHORIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about amphoric

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMPHORIC»

Discover the use of amphoric in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to amphoric and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Sapira's Art & Science of Bedside Diagnosis
Amphoric breathing resembles tracheal breathing in that the two phases ( inspiratory and expiratory) are much closer to ... However, amphoric breathing has a more resonant and harmonious timbre than tracheal breathing, and its dominant ...
Jane M. Orient, Joseph D. Sapira, 2010
2
Modern Medicine: Its Theory and Practice, in Original ...
Among 90 of James' cases in which the character of the respiratory murmur was noted it was found to be diminished in 41, amphoric in 31, absent in 12 and bronchial in 6 cases. Amphoric Phenomena. — The breathing not infrequently ...
Sir William Osler, Thomas McCrae, 1914
3
Reports
The amphoric quality of the sound in case 1 was present on expiration, not on inspiration. This was also true in case 13, yet in the former the breath sounds were loud, in the latter faint. Case 14 is another excellent illustration ; here inspiration ...
Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1903
4
A treatise on diagnostic methods of examination
But up to the present time, except perhaps in distinguishing so-called amphoric breathing, the pitch has not occupied an important place in diagnosis. By amphoric or cavernous breathing we mean a very deep and soft and generally not very ...
Hermann Sahli, Nathaniel Bowditch Potter, Francis P. Kinnicutt, 1909
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Bulletin
The tracheal quality is modified in transmission, may be diminished, added to a broncho-vesicular breathing, or may partake of the amphoric quality if the pneumothorax is sufficiently large to resound to certain musical overtones. Amphoric ...
National Institutes of Health (U.S.), 1922
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Diseases of the organs of respiration
Pneumothorax then offers practically the same conditions as a large pulmonary cavity, and yields similar auscultatory sounds. This explanation, however, can, at best, only be partly true ; for even when the pulmonary opening is free, amphoric  ...
Samuel Hatch West, 1902
7
Hygienic Laboratory bulletin
The tracheal quality is modified in transmission, may be diminished, added to a broncho- vesicular breathing, or may partake of the amphoric quality if the pneumothorax is sufficiently large to resound to certain musical overtones. Amphoric ...
8
National Institutes of Health Bulletin
The tracheal quality is modified in transmission, may be diminished, added to a broncho-vesicular breathing, or may partake of the amphoric quality if the pneumothorax is sufficiently large to resound to certain musical overtones. Amphoric ...
9
The physical examination of the chest in pulmonary ...
during ordinary respiration, no amphoric sound is heard, the patient should be directed to breathe deep. I have personal experience of the necessity of attending to this caution. In some examples of perforation, the auscultatory sounds are less ...
Somerville Scott Alison, 1861
10
National Institutes of Health Bulletin
The tracheal quality is modified in transmission, may be diminished, added to a broncho-vesicular breathing, or may partake of the amphoric quality if the pneumothorax is sufficiently large to resound to certain musical overtones. Amphoric ...
National Institutes of Health (U.S.), 1921

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMPHORIC»

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Amphoric – pertaining to the sound of blowing in a bottle. I love that there's a word for it. • Taghairm – another incredibly specific word, this one ... «The Guardian, May 15»
2
English Is Seldom at a Loss for Words
There's even a word, amphoric, meaning like the sound made when blowing across the lip of an empty bottle; and a term, spanipelagic, ... «Huffington Post, Dec 14»
3
Treating Ebola Without Fear
... “cavernous” or “amphoric” breathing. (Imagine someone blowing over the mouth of a large flask.) To hear that was to strike diagnostic gold: It ... «New York Times, Nov 14»
4
Music review: Bat For Lashes - Natasha Khan channels an eclectic …
On opener "Lilies", she sounds most like Björk - down to her amphoric inflections - to whom the comparisons to girls-gone-before is one of the ... «The Independent, Aug 13»

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