tympanic
adjective
tym·pan·ic
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Definition of tympanic
: of, relating to, or being a tympanum
Examples of tympanic in a Sentence
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The inconstant, tympanic thrumming of the fabric is an intonation underlying one shrieking run after another of banshee notes, some of them single tones within the squalling wind that sustain themselves for several seconds before dropping an octave. — Barry Lopez, Harper's magazine, "Polar Light," 10 Jan. 2019 This included the tympanic bone, one of the tiny ear bones. — Smithsonian, "How Darwin’s Theory of Evolution Evolved," 8 May 2018 The eardrum, which is also called the tympanic membrane, is a thin membrane inside the ear canal. — Fox News, "Wedding fireworks ruptured man's eardrums," 16 May 2017 Of those visits, tears in the tissue that separates the ear canal from the middle ear, called the tympanic membrane or simply the eardrum, were the most common. — Robert Jimison, CNN, "Cotton swabs send dozens of children to ERs each day, study says," 11 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tympanic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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