Synonyms

tympanic membrane

American

noun

Anatomy, Zoology.

eardrum.

tympanic membrane British

noun

Also called: tympanum. Nontechnical name: eardrum. the thin translucent oval membrane separating the external ear from the middle ear. It transmits vibrations produced by sound waves, via the ossicles, to the cochlea

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tympanic membrane Scientific

/ tĭm-păn′ĭk /

See eardrum

Etymology

Origin of tympanic membrane

First recorded in 1855–60

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tympanic membrane

The researchers used 921 videos from the training library to teach two different AI models to detect AOM by looking at features of the tympanic membrane, including shape, position, color and translucency.

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

The tympanic membrane is commonly called the ear drum.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

He had a large tympanic membrane or "ear" on his ventral surface.

From Stamped Caution by Gallun, Raymond Z.

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