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 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
Of 12 specimens studied, the tympanic bullae of six touch the surface of the table when the skull rests on the tips of the incisors and the occipital condyles.
From The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico by Ticul Alvarez
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