Definition of tympan

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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..

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Frisket :: Frisket (a.) The light frame which holds the sheet of paper to the tympan in printing.
Meteorism :: Meteorism (n.) Flatulent distention of the abdomen; tympanites.
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.
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..
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..
Tympanized :: Tympanized (imp. & p. p.) of Tympaniz.
Incus :: Incus (n.) One of the small bones in the tympanum of the ear; the anvil bone. See Ear.
Tympana :: Tympana (pl. ) of Tympanu.
Tympany :: Tympany (n.) Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness..
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..
Tympanites :: Tympanites (n.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympany.
Tympanum :: Tympanum (n.) The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. See Ear..
Tympano- :: Tympano- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the tympanum; as in tympanohyal, tympano-Eustachian..
Blanket :: Blanket (a.) A piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in the tympan to make it soft and elastic..
Tympanic :: Tympanic (n.) The tympanic bone.
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..
Gallows :: Gallows (n. sing.) The rest for the tympan when raised.
Tympan :: Tympan (n.) A drum.
Tympanizing :: Tympanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tympaniz.
Tympan :: Tympan (n.) A panel; a tympanum.
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