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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.

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Etymology of 'Tympanic'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Tympanic" Quotes from Famous Books

... for weeks, and in such quantity as to soak the dressings and the pillow. In our experience, the escape of cerebro-spinal fluid is much less common than is generally supposed. In most cases, on examining the ear with a speculum, the tympanic membrane is found to be ruptured; when it is intact, the blood and cerebro-spinal fluid may pass down the Eustachian tube into the pharynx. The escape of brain matter from the ear is exceedingly rare. Emphysema of the scalp sometimes results when the fracture passes through the mastoid ...

— Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles