Crossword-Solution: TYMPANIC
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Tympanic | a. | Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a tympanic membrane. |
| Tympanic | a. | Of or pertaining to the tympanum. |
| Tympanic | n. | The tympanic bone. |
We have 2 clues for the answer “TYMPANIC”
| Clue | Answers |
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| __ membrane (eardrum) | 1 answer |
| Like a drum | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
Seasickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach
accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; squeamishness of the
stomach; loathing.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with TYMPANIC (5)
Auditory canal (Anat.), the tube from the auditory meatus or opening of the ear to the tympanic membrane.
Bannofont reports a case of congenital imperforation of the left auditory canal existing near the tympanic membrane with total deafness in that ear.
Thomka in 1895 reported a case of supernumerary tympanic ossicle, the nature of which was unknown, although it was neither an inflammatory product nor a remnant of Meckel's cartilage.
Dalby, in a paper citing many different causes of rupture of the tympanic membrane, mentions the following: A blow in sparring; violent sneezing; blowing the nose; forcible dilatation of the Eustachian canal; a thorn or twig of a tree accidentally thrust into the head; picking the ear with a toothpick.
The cause, which is trivial and easily removed, should be properly understood, and cannot be given in clearer language than that used by Professor Tyndall:--"Behind the tympanic membrane exists a cavity--the drum of the ear--in part crossed by a series of bones, and in part occupied by air.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1984–2013).