Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

supratympanal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: supratym-pa-nal
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Situated over or above the tympanum, or tympanic cavity, of the ear.

Example Sentences

"Upper parts brownish olive; a triangular dark spot on the crown of the head; a brown spot below the eye, and a brown band along and below the supratympanal fold."
"In grasshoppers the auditory nerve, after entering the tibia, divides into two branches, one forming the supratympanal ganglion, the other descending into the tympanum and forming a ganglion known as Siebold’s organ."
"The outer chamber contains the supratympanal organ together with leucocytes and adipose cells."

Etymology

From supra- + tympanal.

Inflected Forms

more supratympanal (comparative) most supratympanal (superlative)

Questions

What does supratympanal mean?: Situated over or above the tympanum, or tympanic cavity, of the ear.
Where does supratympanal come from?: From supra- + tympanal.

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