tympano

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tympano - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tympano \Tym"pa*no\, n.; pl. Tympani. [It. timpano. See
     Tympanum.] (Mus.)
     A kettledrum; -- chiefly used in the plural to denote the
     kettledrums of an orchestra. See Kettledrum. [Written also
     timpano.]
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  Tympano- \Tym"pa*no-\
     A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with,
     or relation to, the tympanum; as in tympanohyal,
     tympano-Eustachian.
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