Tympanic

Part of speech: noun (n.)

The tympanic bone.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a tympanic membrane.

2. Of or pertaining to the tympanum. 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.