tympanic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: tym=pan=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

tympanic, a. [See Tympanum.].

•  Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a tympanic membrane.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.

tympanic, n. 

 The tympanic bone.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tympanic, adj.
1 Anat. of, relating to, or having a tympanum.
2 resembling or acting like a drumhead.

Idiom

tympanic bone Anat. the bone supporting the tympanic membrane. tympanic membrane Anat. the membrane separating the outer ear and middle ear and transmitting vibrations resulting from sound waves to the inner ear.