amphoric

From Latin amphoricus (“of or related to an amphora”), from amphora + -icus (“-ic: forming adj.”). Equivalent to amphora +‎ -ic.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æmˈfɒɹɪk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /æmˈfɔɹɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɒɹɪk

amphoric (not comparable)

1. (chiefly historical) Of or related to an amphora, either as a large vessel or a Roman unit of liquid measure.
2. (medicine) Produced by or indicating a hollow cavity in the lungs, giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter.

   amphoric respiration or resonance

• amphoricity

• “amphoric”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• amorphic