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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.

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..

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

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

Drum :: Drum (n.) An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece of skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking time in martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an orchestra, or cavalry band..

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

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

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

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

Tympanal :: Tympanal (n.) Tympanic.

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

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..

Tympana :: Tympana (pl. ) of Tympanu.

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

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

Bulla :: Bulla (n.) The ovoid prominence below the opening of the ear in the skulls of many animals; as, the tympanic or auditory bulla..

Underlay :: Underlay (n.) A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like, placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in the from, to bring it, or any part of it, to the proper height; also, something placed back of a part of the tympan, so as to secure the right impression..

Tympanic :: Tympanic (a.) Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a tympanic membrane..

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

Timpano :: Timpano (n.) See Tympano.

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