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Tympanic
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
The tympanic bone.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a tympanic membrane.
2. 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.