Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tympanic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tympanic \Tym*pan"ic\ (?; 277), a. [See {Tympanum}.]
1. Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a
tympanic membrane.
2. (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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tympanic \Tym*pan"ic\, n. (Anat.)
The tympanic bone.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tympanic
adj : associated with the eardrum
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