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
- posttympanic adjective
- pretympanic adjective
Etymology
Origin of tympanic
First recorded in 1800–10; tympan(um) + -ic
Example Sentences
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"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
And it’s only with the six-speed that you can evoke all from the Aston’s petro-powered melodeon, from the tympanic idle to the wild happiness at 7,000 rpm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2015
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
Topotypes of wasatchensis can be readily distinguished from those of Thomomys talpoides levis and parowanensis by larger size; more massive, ridged, angular skulls; larger tympanic bullae; large, ovoid foramen magnum; and relatively smaller interparietal.
From The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. by Durrant, Stephen D.
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