(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the tympanum and the hyoidean arch.

(anatomy) The proximal segment in the hyoidean arch, becoming a part of the styloid process of the temporal bone in the adult human.

plural of tympany

(medicine) Synonym of myringitis

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tympanize

simple past tense and past participle of tympanize

(obsolete, transitive) To stretch, as a skin over the head of a drum; to make into a drum or drumhead, or cause to act or sound like a drum. / (obsolete, intransitive) To drum.

present participle of tympanize

Alternative form of posttympanic

plural of tympanocentesis