The main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear; SYN. tympanic cavity, tympanum.
A small membrane-lined cavity that is separated from the outer ear by the eardrum and that transmits sound waves from the eardrum to the partition between the middle and inner ears through a chain of tiny bones.
ETYM Latin, a kettledrum, a drum or wheel in machines, the triangular area in a pediment, the panel of a door.
(Irregular plural: tympanums, or: tympana).
1. The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane.
2. A chamber in the anterior part of the syrinx of birds.
3. The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table.
4. The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch.
5. A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged.
Space within an arch; arched recess at entrance of cathedral.
Ear-drum; Archtitecture, triangular face of pediment; space within arch.
Otitis media, die häufigste, mit Schmerzen u. Fieber einhergehende Erkrankung des Ohrs. Die eitrige Entzündung wird durch direkte Infektion des M.s bei Trommelfellverletzungen, durch Aufwandern einer Infektion in der Ohrtrompete oder auf dem Blutweg ausgelöst.
Associated with the eardrum, of, relating to, or being a tympanum.