tympanum
Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head
Other meanings
The eardrum (tympanic membrane, membrana tympanica).
The main portion of the middle ear: the tympanic cavity (cavitas tympani).
Synonyms
- tympanic cavity
A kind of
- cavity
Related words
- haematotympanum
- haemotympanum
- hematotympanum
- hemotympanum
- tympanic
- epitympanum
- hypotympanum
- mesotympanum
- pseudotympanum
Word history
From Latin "tympanum" (a drum, timbrel, tambourine; the eardrum).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “tympanum” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.