【医】 颞骨鼓部

[ noun ]
the bone enclosing the middle ear
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Tympanic \Tym*pan"ic\ (?; 277), a. [See {Tympanum}.]
1. Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a
tympanic membrane.

2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum.

{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}.