Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
resembling a drum;
2.
associated with the eardrum;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tympanic \Tym*pan"ic\ (?; 277), a. [See Tympanum.]
1. Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a
tympanic membrane.
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2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum.
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Tympanic bone (Anat.), a bone of the skull which incloses a
part of the tympanum and supports the tympanic membrane.
Tympanic membrane. (Anat.) See the Note under Ear.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tympanic \Tym*pan"ic\, n. (Anat.)
The tympanic bone.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tympanic
adj 1: resembling a drum
2: associated with the eardrum