TYMPANUM

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 30

(Lat.), n. n. Tiamp(tump)'a2n(a3n)-u'm(um). From TviJ.ira.vov, a kettledrum. Fr., tympan. Ger.,Pauke. 1. The drum of the ear, the cavity of the middle ear; iu a more restricted sense, the membrana tympani. [a, 48.] 2. Of Duvernoi, see SEPTUM lucidum.T. secuiularium, T. secundum. See LIG AMENTUM obturatorium stajiedis. [s. 665]