scala tympani

[ tĭm′pə-nī′ ]

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The division of the spiral canal of the cochlea below the spiral lamina.

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“Her strong debate performance here in June created some interest… She had something to build on there,” Scala said.
Bachmann's N.H. Problem|Lois Romano|October 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Scala pointed out that New Hampshire voters may be more open to social moderates like Giuliani than Iowa or South Carolina.
Rudy Giuliani Plays 2012 Flirt|Shushannah Walshe|March 17, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Scala Promenade 63 7270 Davos Platz 41 81 415 42 20 Stay Hotels in Davos are lackluster at best.
Gal With a Suitcase|Jolie Hunt|January 31, 2010|DAILY BEAST
We dined as a family once a week and only in restaurants with names like The Brown Derby or La Scala.
Farewell to My Father|Griffin Dunne|September 11, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Prisca omnium familiarum Scaliger stirpis insignia sunt, aut Scala singularis, aut Canes utrinque scal innitentes.
Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851|Various
The tegmen tympani are much reduced and maintain only cartilaginous contact with the posterior arms of the squamosals.
Systematic Status of a South American Frog, Allophryne ruthveni Gaige|John D. Lynch
Della Scala was the companion of an emperor; Morus, the Englishman, was the right arm of a king.
The Long Night|Stanley Weyman
Pleased with the simple and friendly Scala di Ferre, I shoulder my sack and we walk off to the second station.
Sea and Sardinia|D. H. Lawrence
Thither rode M. Cane della Scala with his forces, and drave them out thence with great loss.
Villani's Chronicle|Giovanni Villani