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- Tympanum - n. - The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. See Ear.
- Tympanum - n. - A chamber in the anterior part of the syrinx of birds.
- Tympanum - n. - One of the naked, inflatable air sacs on the neck of the prairie chicken and other species of grouse.
- Tympanum - n. - The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table.
- Tympanum - n. - The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch.
- Tympanum - n. - A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged, -- used for raising water, as for irrigation.
- Tympanums - pl. - of Tympanum
- Incus - n. - One of the small bones in the tympanum of the ear; the anvil bone. See Ear.
- Promontory - n. - A projecting part. Especially: (a) The projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the last lumbar vertebra. (b) A prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear.
- Tympanohyal - a. - Of or pertaining to the tympanum and the hyoidean arch.
- Tympanic - a. - Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a tympanic membrane.
- Drum - n. - The tympanum of the ear; -- often, but incorrectly, applied to the tympanic membrane.
- Fenestra - n. - A small opening; esp., one of the apertures, closed by membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear.
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