Tym*pan"ic [See Tympanum.]
1.
Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a tympanic membrane.
2. Anat.
Of or pertaining to the tympanum.
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.
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Tym*pan"ic, n. Anat.
The tympanic bone.
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