tympanicadj.n.

Brit.

/tɪmˈpanɪk/, U.S.

/tɪmˈpænɪk/

Etymology: Formed as tympanal adj. and n. + -ic suffix; compare Greek τυμπανικός suffering from tympanites. So French tympanique, Portuguese timpanico, Spanish timpanico.

a. Anatomy and Zoology. Of, pertaining to, or connected with the tympanum, or drum of the ear (as tympanic artery, tympanic bulla, tympanic cavity, tympanic membrane, tympanic muscle, tympanic nerve, tympanic ossicle, etc.); of the nature of a tympanum. tympanic bone, in mammals, a bone of annular to tubular form supporting the tympanic membrane and surrounding the external auditory meatus (in the adult forming part of the temporal bone); in lower vertebrates, one of several bones variously supposed to be homologous with this, esp. the quadrate bone, which supports the lower jaw. tympanic pedicle, the slender bone or series of bones by which the lower jaw is suspended in fishes. tympanic plate, tympanic ring, the tympanic bone of mammals.

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the world > life > the body > sense organ > hearing organ > parts of hearing organ > [adjective] > ear-drum

tympanic1808

tympanal1825

tympano-Eustachian1890

tympano-cervical1900

tympanomastoidc1900

tympanostapedial1900

1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 410 Other branches of the same nerve which supply the tympanic muscles.

1840 E. Wilson Anatomist's Vade Mecum (1842) 277 The Tympanic branch [of the glossopharyngeal nerve] is small.

1849 C. Lyell 2nd Visit U.S. (1850) II. 75 The convoluted tympanic bones..characteristic of cetaceans.

1851 G. F. Richardson Geol. (1855) viii. 308 The lower jaw is articulated to a tympanic bone as in reptiles.

1851 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Physiol. §825 The purpose of this Tympanic apparatus is..to receive the sonorous vibrations from the air, and to transmit them to the membranous wall of the labyrinth.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps 225 These aërial waves enter the external ear, meet..the so-called tympanic membrane.

1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. Tympanic Pedicle,..the large and long pedicle which supports the mandible in fishes,..subdivided into sometimes two or three, and commonly into four pieces.

1876 Nature 20 July 253/2 Sawing out the temporal bone,..and exposing the tympanic bulla.

1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 180 The quadrate bone..in Mammals..is reduced and modified into the comparatively insignificant tympanic ring.

b. as n. Short for tympanic bone at sense 1a.

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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [noun] > bones of ear > others

os orbiculare1698

orbicular bone1706

tympanic1851

opisthotic1865

prootic1866

tympanal1875

otolith1890

tegmen tympani1890

1851 G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (1855) 287 The lower jaw..is articulated to the upper jaw by a distinct bone (the tympanic).

1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 65 Between the anterior end of the tympanic and the post-glenoid process is a narrow chink..which transmits the chorda tympani nerve.

2. Pertaining to or resembling a drum; in Pathology tympanitic.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of abdomen or diaphragm > [adjective] > distended

tympanical1623

tympanitical1656

meteorized1826

tympanitic1834

meteoristic1876

tympanic1891

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [adjective]

tympanic1891

1891 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Tympanic resonance, typanitic resonance.

3. Architecture. Pertaining to a tympanum.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [adjective] > relating to tympanum

tympanic1909

1909 Spectator 6 Nov. (Suppl.) 713/1 The ‘Doom’ often vividly depicted on the tympanic background, and the Saviour upon the cross in connexion with it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tympanic
释义	tympanicadj.n. Brit. /tɪmˈpanɪk/, U.S. /tɪmˈpænɪk/ Etymology: Formed as tympanal adj. and n. + -ic suffix; compare Greek τυμπανικός suffering from tympanites. So French tympanique, Portuguese timpanico, Spanish timpanico. 1. a. Anatomy and Zoology. Of, pertaining to, or connected with the tympanum, or drum of the ear (as tympanic artery, tympanic bulla, tympanic cavity, tympanic membrane, tympanic muscle, tympanic nerve, tympanic ossicle, etc.); of the nature of a tympanum. tympanic bone, in mammals, a bone of annular to tubular form supporting the tympanic membrane and surrounding the external auditory meatus (in the adult forming part of the temporal bone); in lower vertebrates, one of several bones variously supposed to be homologous with this, esp. the quadrate bone, which supports the lower jaw. tympanic pedicle, the slender bone or series of bones by which the lower jaw is suspended in fishes. tympanic plate, tympanic ring, the tympanic bone of mammals. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sense organ > hearing organ > parts of hearing organ > [adjective] > ear-drum tympanic1808 tympanal1825 tympano-Eustachian1890 tympano-cervical1900 tympanomastoidc1900 tympanostapedial1900 1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 410 Other branches of the same nerve which supply the tympanic muscles. 1840 E. Wilson Anatomist's Vade Mecum (1842) 277 The Tympanic branch [of the glossopharyngeal nerve] is small. 1849 C. Lyell 2nd Visit U.S. (1850) II. 75 The convoluted tympanic bones..characteristic of cetaceans. 1851 G. F. Richardson Geol. (1855) viii. 308 The lower jaw is articulated to a tympanic bone as in reptiles. 1851 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Physiol. §825 The purpose of this Tympanic apparatus is..to receive the sonorous vibrations from the air, and to transmit them to the membranous wall of the labyrinth. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps 225 These aërial waves enter the external ear, meet..the so-called tympanic membrane. 1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. Tympanic Pedicle,..the large and long pedicle which supports the mandible in fishes,..subdivided into sometimes two or three, and commonly into four pieces. 1876 Nature 20 July 253/2 Sawing out the temporal bone,..and exposing the tympanic bulla. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 180 The quadrate bone..in Mammals..is reduced and modified into the comparatively insignificant tympanic ring. b. as n. Short for tympanic bone at sense 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [noun] > bones of ear > others os orbiculare1698 orbicular bone1706 tympanic1851 opisthotic1865 prootic1866 tympanal1875 otolith1890 tegmen tympani1890 1851 G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (1855) 287 The lower jaw..is articulated to the upper jaw by a distinct bone (the tympanic). 1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 65 Between the anterior end of the tympanic and the post-glenoid process is a narrow chink..which transmits the chorda tympani nerve. 2. Pertaining to or resembling a drum; in Pathology tympanitic. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of abdomen or diaphragm > [adjective] > distended tympanical1623 tympanitical1656 meteorized1826 tympanitic1834 meteoristic1876 tympanic1891 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [adjective] tympanic1891 1891 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Tympanic resonance, typanitic resonance. 3. Architecture. Pertaining to a tympanum. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [adjective] > relating to tympanum tympanic1909 1909 Spectator 6 Nov. (Suppl.) 713/1 The ‘Doom’ often vividly depicted on the tympanic background, and the Saviour upon the cross in connexion with it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1808
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