Tympanic

Word TYMPANIC
Character 8
Hyphenation tym pan ic
Pronunciations /tɪmˈpæ.nɪk/

Definitions and meanings of "Tympanic"

What do we mean by tympanic?

Relating to or resembling a drum. adjective

Of or relating to the middle ear or eardrum. adjective

Of, pertaining to, or resembling a tympan or tympanum; similar to or acting like a drumhead.

In anatomy, of or pertaining to the tympanum: as, the tympanic cavity.

A bone of the ear of man and mammals, supporting the tympanic membrane, generally annular or tubular, forming most of the meatus auditorius externus, or external auditory passage. noun

Below mammals, in animals in which the true tympanic is rudimentary or wanting, the quadrate or pedicellate bone, the representative of the malleus; the suspensorium of the lower jaw, or especially its uppermost piece, the hyomandibular or epitympanic: so called by some who suppose it to be the tympanic bone, from the fact that it in part supports the tympanic membrane. See quadrate, n., 3 , hyomandibular, epitympanic, and other compounds of tympanic there cited noun

In ornithology, sometimes, the tympano-occipital, considered as the true representative in birds of the tympanic of a mammal. noun

The tympanic bone. noun

Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead. adjective

Of or pertaining to the tympanum. adjective

A bone of the skull which incloses a part of the tympanum and supports the tympanic membrane. adjective

See the Note under Ear. adjective

Of, relating to, or resembling a drum adjective

Relating to the eardrum or middle ear; tympanal adjective

Resonant adjective

Associated with the eardrum adjective

Resembling a drum adjective

The tympanic bone.

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The word "tympanic" in example sentences

On the other side of the tympanum is a small air-filled space called the tympanic cavity. ❋ Asimov, Isaac (1963)

It is called the tympanic antrum, and must be distinguished from the mastoid cells, though it communicates with them. ❋ Unknown (1918)

The aperture, surrounded by the folds of the external ear, leads by a canal towards a cavity called the tympanic cavity, which cavity is shut off from the exterior by the tympanic membrane (or drum of the ear), which stretches across the canal at a considerable distance from its external aperture. ❋ Unknown (1874)

And, as my Dad once pointed out to Pete, his drummer was "very tympanic." ❋ Binky Philips (2011)

I wandered over in a disbelieving daze just in time to hear my Dad say, "... and your drummer, very tympanic ..." while Pete bemusedly nodded. ❋ Binky Philips (2010)

Despite the efforts of Nissan's engineers to improve ride compliance, the over-the-road feel is tympanic, concussive, brutal, and tar strips zing your hands through the suede-wrapped steering wheel. ❋ Dan Neil (2011)

The peripheral system includes the external ear (auricle and ear canal), the tympanic membrane, or eardrum, the middle ear (three small and connected bones: malleus, incus, and stapes), the oval window boundary, and the inner ear (vestibular system and cochlea). ❋ Michael F. Roizen (2010)

Quite aside from global travel and commerce, and from America's inevitable aid response to those suffering massive tympanic earthquakes, think about St. Louis 'small 5.2 Richter in April 2008, a tiny reminder of the 1811 St. Louis earthquake that would be devastating if it occurred today. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I wandered over in a disbelieving daze just in time to hear my Dad say, "... and your drummer, very tympanic..." while Pete bemusedly nodded. ❋ Binky Philips (2010)

It might be, however, that low frequencies, for example received by the lungs, would have alternate, non-tympanic pathways. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Impedance matching of the tympanic middle ear occurred very early in amniote evolution. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Since the ear is a pressure-gradient ear, the tympanic response at low frequencies is very small, that part of the low frequency sensitivity is extratympanic. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The function of the ossicles (ear bones) in the mammalian middle ear is to efficiently transmit sound vibrations from the tympanic membrane to the inner ear. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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