tympanumnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtɪm.pə.nəm/us/ˈtɪm.pə.nəm/plural tympana /ˈtɪm.pə.nə/tympanums specializedan eardrum (= a thin piece of skin inside the ear that moves backwards and forwards when sound waves reach it, allowing you to hear sounds)
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The ear
- -eared
- audiology
- auditory nerve
- auricular
- auricularis
- cochlea
- concha
- ear
- eardrum
- earlobe
- Eustachian tube
- lug
- lughole
- malleus
- middle ear
- petrous
- pop
- stapes
- tympanic
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