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Tympanum :: Tympanum (n.) A chamber in the anterior part of the syrinx of birds.

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

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

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.

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

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..

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

Tympan :: Tympan (n.) A frame covered with parchment or cloth, on which the blank sheets are put, in order to be laid on the form to be impressed..

Tympanums :: Tympanums (pl. ) of Tympanu.

Tympanum :: Tympanum (n.) The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. See Ear..

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

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

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.

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

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

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..

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

Tympanized :: Tympanized (imp. & p. p.) of Tympaniz.

Post-tympanic :: Post-tympanic (a.) Situated behind the tympanum, or in the skull, behind the auditory meatus..

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