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tympani

/ ˈtɪmpənɪ /

plural noun

  1. a variant spelling of timpani


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The tegmen tympani are much reduced and maintain only cartilaginous contact with the posterior arms of the squamosals.

Its roof, the tegmen tympani, is continuous with that of the attic.

In the latter there is a considerable bulging below the aperture of the ear called the bulla tympani, or bulb of the drum.

The great cavity is the bulla tympani or bulb of the ear; a m is the auditory meatus or external hole of the ear.

To his surprise and annoyance, he found the music stopping short at his tympani, powerless to enter his brain.

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