Tympanum

Tympanum or tympanum ( Latin from Greek tympanon , hand drum, plural tympana) stands for:

• Tympanum (music) , antique hand drum
• Tympanum (architecture) , decorative building surface
• With the astrolabe an insert disc
• In the middle ear term for the tympanic cavity (Cavum tympani)
• In the case of frogs, name for the often externally recognizable eardrum (Membrana tympani, Myrinx)
• Tympanic organ of insects

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Wiktionary: Tympanum  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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