tympanic : Idioms & Phrases

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post-tympanic

Post`-tym*pan"ic adjective
Etymology
Pref. post- + tympanic.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) Situated behind the tympanum, or in the skull, behind the auditory meatus.
Webster 1913

Tympanic bone

  • noun the bone enclosing the middle ear
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  • (Anat.), a bone of the skull which incloses a part of the tympanum and supports the tympanic membrane.
Webster 1913

tympanic cavity

  • noun the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear
    middle ear; tympanum.
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Tympanic membrane

  • noun the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound
    tympanum; myringa; eardrum.
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  • . (Anat.) See the Note under Ear.
Webster 1913

tympanic vein

  • noun veins from the tympanic cavity that empty into the retromandibular vein
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