Definition of tympan

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Tympan (n.) A drum.

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Tympanist :: Tympanist (n.) One who beats a drum.
Tympanizing :: Tympanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tympaniz.
Tympani :: Tympani (pl. ) of Tympan.
Tympanitic :: Tympanitic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or affected with, tympanites..
Drum :: Drum (n.) The tympanum of the ear; -- often, but incorrectly, applied to the tympanic membrane..
Tympanized :: Tympanized (imp. & p. p.) of Tympaniz.
Tympany :: Tympany (n.) Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness..
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..
Tympanum :: Tympanum (n.) The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch..
Tympan :: Tympan (n.) A drum.
Bulla :: Bulla (n.) The ovoid prominence below the opening of the ear in the skulls of many animals; as, the tympanic or auditory bulla..
Timpano :: Timpano (n.) See Tympano.
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..
Tympanums :: Tympanums (pl. ) of Tympanu.
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.
Tympano :: Tympano (n.) A kettledrum; -- chiefly used in the plural to denote the kettledrums of an orchestra. See Kettledrum.
Incus :: Incus (n.) One of the small bones in the tympanum of the ear; the anvil bone. See Ear.
Tympanic :: Tympanic (a.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum.
Tympanum :: 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..
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..
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