| MEC | median effective concentration; middle ear canal; middle ear cell; minimum effective concentration |
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| PC | avoirdupois weight [Lat. pondus civile]; packed cells; paper chromatography; paracortex; parent cell... |
| RC | an electronic circuit containing a resistor and capacitor in series; radiocarpal; reaction center; r... |
| RCT | radiotherapy and chemotherapy; randomized clinical trial; randomized controlled trial; registered ca... |
| RF | radial fiber; radio frequency; receptive field; regurgitant fraction; Reitland-Franklin [unit]; rela... |
| tympanic antrum | A cavity in the petrous portion of the temporal bone, communicating posteriorly with the mastoid cells and anteriorly with the epitympanic recess of the middle ear via the aperture of the mastoid antrum. Synonym: antrum mastoideum, tympanic antrum, Valsalva's antrum. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| tympanic attic | The upper portion of the tympanic cavity above the tympanic membrane; it contains the head of the malleus and the body of the incus. Synonym: recessus epitympanicus, attic, epitympanic space, epitympanum, Hyrtl's epitympanic recess, tympanic attic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic body | One of the mucous gland's in the mucosa of the tympanic cavity. Synonym: tympanic body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic bone | In the foetus, a more or less complete bony ring at the medial end of the cartilaginous external acoustic meatus, to which is attached the tympanic membrane. Synonym: annulus tympanicus, tympanic bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic cavity | An air chamber in the temporal bone containing the ossicles; it is lined with mucous membrane and is continuous with the auditory tube anteriorly and the tympanic antrum and mastoid air cells posteriorly. Synonym: cavitas tympanica, cavity of middle ear, cavum tympani, tympanum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic cells | Numerous groovelike depressions in the walls of the tympanic cavity, communicating with the tubal air cells. Synonym: cellulae tympanicae, tympanic cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic enlargement | A swelling, not ganglionic, on the tympanic branch of the glossopharyngeus nerve; it is regarded as possibly similar to the carotid glomus. Synonym: intumescentia tympanica, tympanic intumescence. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic ganglion | A small ganglion on the tympanic nerve during its passage through the petrous portion of the temporal bone. Synonym: ganglion tympanicum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic gland | One of the mucous gland's in the mucosa of the tympanic cavity. Synonym: tympanic body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic groove | The sulcus on the inner aspect of the tympanic part of the temporal bone in which the tympanic membrane is fixed. Synonym: sulcus tympanicus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic incisure | The notch in the superior part of the tympanic ring bridged by the flaccid part of the tympanic membrane. Synonym: incisura tympanica, incisura rivini, Rivinus' incisure, Rivinus' notch, tympanic incisure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic intumescence | A swelling, not ganglionic, on the tympanic branch of the glossopharyngeus nerve; it is regarded as possibly similar to the carotid glomus. Synonym: intumescentia tympanica, tympanic intumescence. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic labium of limbus of spiral lamina | The lower, long periosteal extension of the limbus laminae spiralis osseae that rests on the basilar lamina of the spiral organ (of Corti). Synonym: labium limbi tympanicum laminae spiralis, tympanic lip of limbus of spiral lamina. Labium urethrae, one of the two lateral margins of the external urethral orifice of the female. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic lip of limbus of spiral lamina | The lower, long periosteal extension of the limbus laminae spiralis osseae that rests on the basilar lamina of the spiral organ (of Corti). Synonym: labium limbi tympanicum laminae spiralis, tympanic lip of limbus of spiral lamina. Labium urethrae, one of the two lateral margins of the external urethral orifice of the female. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic membrane | <anatomy> The eardrum. (13 Nov 1997) |