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tympanic bone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

Syllables
tym-pan-ic bone
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bone of the skull which encloses part of the tympanum and supports the tympanic membrane. In humans it is part of the temporal bone, whereas in other animals it is separate.

Etymology

Calque of Latin os tympanicum.

Inflected Forms

tympanic bones (plural)

Synonyms

tympanal tympanic

Questions

What does tympanic bone mean?
A bone of the skull which encloses part of the tympanum and supports the tympanic membrane. In humans it is part of the temporal bone, whereas in other animals it is separate.
Where does tympanic bone come from?
Calque of Latin os tympanicum.

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