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Tympany :: Tympany (n.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites.

Tympany :: Tympany (n.) Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness..

Tympanic :: Tympanic (a.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum.

Tympanal :: Tympanal (n.) Tympanic.

Tympanize :: Tympanize (v. i.) To drum.

Incus :: Incus (n.) One of the small bones in the tympanum of the ear; the anvil bone. See Ear.

Tympanohyal :: Tympanohyal (a.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum and the hyoidean arch.

Promontory :: 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.

Tympanum :: Tympanum (n.) The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch..

Malleus :: Malleus (n.) The outermost of the three small auditory bones, ossicles; the hammer. It is attached to the tympanic membrane by a long process, the handle or manubrium. See Illust. of Far..

Scraper :: Scraper (n.) In the printing press, a board, or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet and thus produce the impression..

Umbo :: Umbo (n.) A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane; as, the umbo in the integument of the larvae of echinoderms or in the tympanic membrane of the ear..

Columella :: Columella (n.) A term applied to various columnlike parts; as, the columella, or epipterygoid bone, in the skull of many lizards; the columella of the ear, the bony or cartilaginous rod connecting the tympanic membrane with the internal ear..

Tympani :: Tympani (pl. ) of Tympan.

Eardrum :: Eardrum (n.) The tympanum. See Illust. of Ear.

Gallows :: Gallows (n. sing.) The rest for the tympan when raised.

Blanket :: Blanket (a.) A piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in the tympan to make it soft and elastic..

Stylohyoid :: Stylohyal (n.) A segment in the hyoidean arch between the epihyal and tympanohyal.

Siphonium :: Siphonium (n.) A bony tube which, in some birds, connects the tympanium with the air chambers of the articular piece of the mandible..

Meteorism :: Meteorism (n.) Flatulent distention of the abdomen; tympanites.

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