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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