Associations to the word «Tympanic»

Wiktionary

TYMPANIC, adjective. Of, relating to, or resembling a drum
TYMPANIC, adjective. (anatomy) relating to the eardrum or middle ear; tympanal
TYMPANIC, adjective. (music) resonant
TYMPANIC BONE, noun. (anatomy) A bone of the skull which encloses part of the tympanum and supports the tympanic membrane.
TYMPANIC MEMBRANE, noun. (anatomy) eardrum

Dictionary definition

TYMPANIC, adjective. Resembling a drum.
TYMPANIC, adjective. Associated with the eardrum.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats