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tympanic

/tim-pan-ik/US // tɪmˈpæn ɪk //UK // (tɪmˈpænɪk) //

鼓膜,耳房,鼓楼,鼓室

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining or belonging to a tympanum.

Examples

  • Exception is to be made for the ear and tympanic bullae, which are of approximately the same size in the two subspecies.

  • The specimen from Mattomi seems to be unique in the large size of the tympanic bullae.

  • After the birth of the embryo, air reaches the tympanic cavity, which then enlarges.

  • One of the walls of this cavity persists as the tympanic membrane or drum.

  • The paroccipital, postglenoid and post-tympanic processes of the skull are large, and the latter always distinct.