TYMPANIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tympanic mean? 

• TYMPANIC (adjective)
  The adjective TYMPANIC has 2 senses:

1. resembling a drum

2. associated with the eardrum

  Familiarity information: TYMPANIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TYMPANIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Resembling a drum

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

tympani (a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it)

Derivation:

tympani (a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Associated with the eardrum

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

tympanum (the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound)

 Context examples 

A hollow area in the upper portion of the tympanic cavity.

(Epitympanic Recess, NCI Thesaurus)

The internal wall of the tympanic cavity.

(Inner Wall of the Tympanum, NCI Thesaurus)

The administration of a drug directly into the tympanic cavity has high safety profile and allows delivering high concentrations of the agent to the inner ear end organ.

(Intratympanic Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

An oval, membrane covered opening from the tympanic cavity of the middle ear to the vestibule of the inner ear.

(Fenestra Ovalis, NCI Thesaurus)

A tympanometry test result indicating the lack of movement of the tympanic membrane due to middle ear pathology.

(Flat Tympanometry Result, NCI Thesaurus)

The outer ear consists of the auricle, the ear canal as well as the tympanic membrane.

(Ear, NCI Thesaurus)

A flattened cell that rests on the tympanic lip of the spiral lamina (inner pillar cell) and on the basilar membrane (outer pillar cell), thereby forming the tunnel of the Organ of Corti.

(Pillar Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

The movement of the tympanic membrane in response to air pressure changes in the external ear facilitates the transmission of sound energy by causing vibration of the ossicular chain.

(Murine Tympanic Membrane, NCI Thesaurus)

A channel or tunnel for the tensor tympani muscle within the tympanic cavity which acts to dull sounds.

(Canal for Tensor Tympani, NCI Thesaurus)

It may lead to numerous complications, such as pseudomediastinum (air trapped in the chest between both lungs), perforation of the tympanic membrane (perforated eardrum), and even rupture of a cerebral aneurysm (ballooning blood vessel in the brain), they explain.

(Blocking A Sneeze, Man Ruptures Throat, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)