What does amphoriloquy mean?
Amphoriloquy means (medicine) A condition where the voice is characterized by amphoric sound over the patient's lung cavity..
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(medicine) A condition where the voice is characterized by amphoric sound over the patient's lung cavity..
Amphoric voice, or amphoriloquy of cavities. — The cavernous direct pectoriloquy, or thoracic voice of the third stage of phthisis, occasionally is found to partake of a hollow vessel, pitcher, or amphoric tone.
Amphoric echo is simply the reverberation of the voice, cough, or breath sound, in such a cavity. The same sort of cavity is required for amphorophony or amphoriloquy as in the case of amphoric resonance on percussion, amphoric respiration, and metallic or amphoric tinkle.
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Amphoriloquy means (medicine) A condition where the voice is characterized by amphoric sound over the patient's lung cavity..
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Amphoric voice, or amphoriloquy of cavities. — The cavernous direct pectoriloquy, or thoracic voice of the third stage of phthisis, occasionally is found to partake of a hollow vessel, pitcher, or amphoric tone.
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