'Tympanic bone' definitions:
Definition of 'tympanic bone'
(from WordNet)
noun
The bone enclosing the middle ear
Definition of 'Tympanic bone'
From: GCIDE
- Tympanic \Tym*pan"ic\ (?; 277), a. [See Tympanum.]
- 1. Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a tympanic membrane. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum. [1913 Webster]
- Tympanic bone (Anat.), a bone of the skull which incloses a part of the tympanum and supports the tympanic membrane.
- Tympanic membrane. (Anat.) See the Note under Ear. [1913 Webster]