TYMPANIC • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Tympanic

/tɪmpˈænɪk/ Listen

adjective

Tympanic adj.

Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a tympanic membrane.

(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum.

Tympanic bone (Anat.), a bone of the skull which incloses a part of the tympanum and supports the tympanic membrane.

Tympanic membrane. (Anat.) See the Note under Ear.

noun

Tympanic n. (Anat.) The tympanic bone.

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... the external ear from the tympanic cavity. To examine the drum, you must pull the ear backward and outward to make ...

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