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Definition of Tympanum
1. Noun. The main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear.
Terms within: Bonelet, Ossicle, Ossiculum, Auditory Tube, Eustachian Tube, Hammer, Malleus, Anvil, Incus, Stapes, Stirrup
Group relationships: Auditory Apparatus
Generic synonyms: Bodily Cavity, Cavity, Cavum
2. Noun. The membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound.
Group relationships: Ear
Specialized synonyms: Perforated Eardrum
Terms within: Umbo
Generic synonyms: Membrane, Tissue Layer
3. Noun. A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it.
Generic synonyms: Percussion Instrument, Percussive Instrument
Derivative terms: Timpanist, Timpanist, Tympanic, Tympanist, Timpanist, Tympanist
Definition of Tympanum
1. n. The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. See Ear.
Definition of Tympanum
1. Noun. (context: architecture) A triangular space between the sides of a pediment. ¹
2. Noun. The middle ear. ¹
3. Noun. The eardrum. ¹
4. Noun. A hearing organ in frogs, toads and some insects. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tympanum
1. the middle ear [n -NA or -NUMS]
Medical Definition of Tympanum
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tympanum
Literary usage of Tympanum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1883)
"A suspensory ligament of the incus has been described by Arnold, descending from
the roof of the tympanum to the upper part of the incus, ..."
2. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Edward Albert Schäfer, Johnson Symington, Thomas Hastie Bryce (1909)
"The lining' membrane of the tympanum.—The mucous membrane of the tympanum is
continuous with that of the pharynx through the ..."
3. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1900)
"the upper front part of the tympanum obliquely forwards, downwards and towards the
... The former continues the upper hind part of the tympanum upwards, ..."
4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1872)
"Within the tympanum there remains a certain amount of secretion. ... At any of
these stages the conduction of sound through the tympanum may be interfered ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The tympanum, or Drum, or Middle Ear, is a chamber irregularly cuboidal in form,
situated in the temporal bone between the bottom of the meatus and the ..."
6. The Anatomy of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1803)
"Accordingly, by puncturing the membrane of the tympanum with a ... to thele bones
of the tympanum, while he allowed that they . ..."
7. Textbook of human physiology by Leonard Landois, William Stirling (1889)
"For paralysis of the tensor, see p. 648, and for the stapedius, p. 652. 411.
EUSTACHIAN TUBE—tympanum.—The Eustachian tube [4 centimetres in length, ..."
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