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Tympanic   /tɪmpˈænɪk/   Listen
Tympanic

adjective
1.
Resembling a drum.
2.
Associated with the eardrum.



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tympanic bone
tympanic cavity
tympanic membrane
tympanic vein


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"Tympanic" Quotes from Famous Books



... that there was a remarkable likeness between the manner in which this piece of wood was vibrated by the membrane of the phonautograph and the manner in which the ossiculo [small bones] of the human ear were moved by the tympanic membrane. I determined therefore, to construct a phonautograph modelled still more closely upon the mechanism of the human ear, and for this purpose I sought the assistance of a distinguished aurist in Boston, Dr. Clarence J. Blake. He suggested the use of the human ...
— Little Masterpieces of Science: - Invention and Discovery • Various


Words linked to "Tympanic" :   tympanic vein, tympanic membrane, tympanic cavity, tympanum, tympani, tympanic bone


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