| tympanize | 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. "Tympanised, as other saints of God were." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| tympano- | <anatomy, prefix> A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the tympanum or ear drum; as in tympanohyal, tympano-Eustachian. (28 Oct 1998) |
| tympanocentesis | Puncture of the tympanic membrane with a needle to aspirate middle ear fluid. Origin: tympano-+ G. Kentesis, puncture (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanoeustachian | Relating to the tympanic cavity and the auditory tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanohyal | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the tympanum and the hyoidean arch. The proximal segment in the hyoidean arch, becoming a part of the styloid process of the temporal bone in adult man. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tympanohyal bone | A small nodule of bone forming the base of the cartilaginous styloid process of the temporal bone at birth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanomalleal | Relating to the tympanic membrane and the malleus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanomandibular | Relating to the tympanic cavity and the mandible. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanomastoid | Relating to the tympanic cavity and the mastoid cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanomastoid fissure | A fissure separating the tympanic portion from the mastoid portion of the temporal bone; it transmits the auricular branch of the vagus nerve. Synonym: fissura tympanomastoidea, auricular fissure, tympanomastoid suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanomastoid suture | A fissure separating the tympanic portion from the mastoid portion of the temporal bone; it transmits the auricular branch of the vagus nerve. Synonym: fissura tympanomastoidea, auricular fissure, tympanomastoid suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanomastoiditis | Inflammation of the middle ear and the mastoid cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanomeatomastoidectomy | An operation to exteriorise and join the mastoid air cells, the middle ear space, and the external meatus, often for extensive cholesteatoma. Synonym: tympanomeatomastoidectomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanometry | <technique> A test which measures the function of the middle ear by varying the pressures within the ear canal. This test measures the movement function of the tympanic membrane. (13 Nov 1997) |
| tympanophonia | Tympanophony Synonym: tinnitus aurium. Synonym: autophony. Origin: tympano-+ G. Phone, sound (05 Mar 2000) |