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Malleus :: Malleus (n.) The outermost of the three small auditory bones, ossicles; the hammer. It is attached to the tympanic membrane by a long process, the handle or manubrium. See Illust. of Far..

Tympanize :: Tympanize (v. i.) To drum.

Tympanize :: Tympanize (v. t.) 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..

Tympanohyal :: Tympanohyal (a.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum and the hyoidean arch.

Columella :: Columella (n.) A term applied to various columnlike parts; as, the columella, or epipterygoid bone, in the skull of many lizards; the columella of the ear, the bony or cartilaginous rod connecting the tympanic membrane with the internal ear..

Tympanohyal :: Tympanohyal (n.) The proximal segment in the hyoidean arch, becoming a part of the styloid process of the temporal bone in adult man..

Tympanum :: Tympanum (n.) A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged, -- used for raising water, as for irrigation..

Post-tympanic :: Post-tympanic (a.) Situated behind the tympanum, or in the skull, behind the auditory meatus..

Tympanum :: Tympanum (n.) The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table..

Tympanal :: Tympanal (n.) Tympanic.

Tympany :: Tympany (n.) Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness..

Blanket :: Blanket (a.) A piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in the tympan to make it soft and elastic..

Tympanums :: Tympanums (pl. ) of Tympanu.

Tympanizing :: Tympanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tympaniz.

Underlay :: Underlay (n.) A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like, placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in the from, to bring it, or any part of it, to the proper height; also, something placed back of a part of the tympan, so as to secure the right impression..

Eardrum :: Eardrum (n.) The tympanum. See Illust. of Ear.

Gallows :: Gallows (n. sing.) The rest for the tympan when raised.

Promontory :: Promontory (n.) A projecting part. Especially: (a) The projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the last lumbar vertebra. (b) A prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear.

Bulla :: Bulla (n.) The ovoid prominence below the opening of the ear in the skulls of many animals; as, the tympanic or auditory bulla..

Tympanic :: Tympanic (a.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum.

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