'Tympanic' definitions:
Definition of 'tympanic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Resembling a drum
adjective
Associated with the eardrum
Definition of 'Tympanic'
From: GCIDE
- Tympanic \Tym*pan"ic\, n. (Anat.) The tympanic bone. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tympanic'
From: GCIDE
- Tympanic \Tym*pan"ic\ (?; 277), a. [See Tympanum.]
- 1. Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a tympanic membrane. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]