tympanum — ozdic

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1

PREP.

in

noun

1

A drum.

2

Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head:

When he came around, the star sound was gone. The ringing it left in his tympana was a great confusion.

3

Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head:

4

Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head:

5

Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head:

noun — a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument

noun — the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound

2

01

When he came around, the star sound was gone. The ringing it left in his tympana was a great confusion.

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02

It was a black-and-white picture of a Romanesque doorway, with flanking saints and a lively Last Judgement in the tympanum […].

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