tympanic
Americanadjective
adjective
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anatomy architect of, relating to, or having a tympanum
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of, relating to, or resembling a drumhead
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of tympanic
First recorded in 1800–10; tympan(um) + -ic
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The higher unsprung mass also makes the ride quality a bit more tympanic than otherwise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
"The ear drum, or tympanic membrane, is a thin, flat piece of tissue that stretches across the ear canal," said Hoberman.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2024
Presley, R. Lizards, mammals and the primitive tetrapod tympanic membrane.
From Nature ● Nov. 12, 2017
When a microphone was placed in its ear, everyone could hear a ringing tone—the result, it turned out, of an oversensitive tympanic membrane.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 30, 2015
My findings indicate that T. b. cultellus is not smaller, that its skull is not smaller and not less angular, and that the tympanic bullae are not less pointed ventrally.
From Geographic Variation in the Pocket Gopher, Thomys bottae, in Colorado by Phillip M. Youngman
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