(anatomy, medicine) Synonym of eardrum.

plural of tympanist

(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or affected with, tympanites.

(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

(anatomy) The ectotympanic ring; a bony ring that holds the eardrum.