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Tympanal :: Tympanal (n.) Tympanic.

Overlay :: Overlay (n.) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.

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..

Tympano :: Tympano (n.) A kettledrum; -- chiefly used in the plural to denote the kettledrums of an orchestra. See Kettledrum.

Tympanites :: Tympanites (n.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympany.

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

Tympanist :: Tympanist (n.) One who beats a drum.

Tympanum :: 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..

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..

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

Tympano- :: Tympano- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the tympanum; as in tympanohyal, tympano-Eustachian..

Ossicle :: Ossicle (n.) A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum of the ear..

Tympanizing :: Tympanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tympaniz.

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..

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.

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

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

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

Tympanitis :: Tympanitis (n.) Inflammation of the lining membrane of the middle ear.

Tympan :: Tympan (n.) A panel; a tympanum.

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