MYRINGA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does myringa mean? 

• MYRINGA (noun)
  The noun MYRINGA has 1 sense:

1. the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound

  Familiarity information: MYRINGA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYRINGA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

eardrum; myringa; tympanic membrane; tympanum

Hypernyms ("myringa" is a kind of...):

membrane; tissue layer (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)

Meronyms (parts of "myringa"):

umbo (a slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "myringa"):

perforated eardrum (an eardrum with a hole or tear in it; can interfere with normal hearing and cause other ear problems)

Holonyms ("myringa" is a part of...):

ear (the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium)