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Webster 1913 Edition
Tympanic
1.
Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead;
as, a
. tympanic
membrane2.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the tympanum.
Tympanic bone
(Anat.)
, a bone of the skull which incloses a part of the tympanum and supports the tympanic membrane.
– Tympanic membrane
. (Anat.)
See the Note under
Ear
.Tym-pan′ic
,Noun.
(Anat.)
The tympanic bone.
Definition 2024
tympanic
tympanic
English
Adjective
tympanic (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, or resembling a drum.
- (anatomy) Relating to the eardrum or middle ear; tympanal.
- (music) Resonant.
Derived terms
- tympanic artery
- tympanic bone
- tympanic canal
- tympanic cavity
- tympanic ganglion
- tympanic membrane
- tympanic notch