English Explanatory Dictionary

tympanic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, relating to, or resembling a drum.
  2. Relating to the tympanum, eardrum or middle ear.
  3. Resonant.

Pronunciation

/tɪmˈpæn.ɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tympanic.wav

Word forms

tympanic

Etymology

From tympanum + -ic.

Synonyms

tympanal myringeal booming remugient boom-boom canorous orotund resonant resounding reverberant rotund sonoral sonorous tympanic vibrant

Related words

tympan

Derived words

caroticotympanic ectotympanic endotympanic entotympanic epitympanic extratympanic hypotympanic incudotympanic intertympanic intratympanic mesotympanic nontympanic paratympanic petrotympanic pharyngotympanic post-tympanic retrotympanic squamotympanic subtympanic supratympanic transtympanic tympanically tympanic bone tympanic cavity tympanic duct tympanicity tympanic membrane tympanic nerve tympanic plexus tympanic resonance tympanic ring
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