tympanum
n. 鼓膜, 耳膜, 鼓室, 中耳 [医] 鼓室
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Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head:
The eardrum (tympanic membrane, membrana tympanica).
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Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head:
The main portion of the middle ear: the tympanic cavity (cavitas tympani).
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Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head:
A membranous resonator in a sound-producing organ in frogs and toads.
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A vertical recessed triangular space between the sides of a pediment, typically decorated.
The recessed triangular space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch.
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A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged; used for raising water, as for irrigation.
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A drum.
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Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head:
A thin tense membrane covering the hearing organ on the leg or body of some insects, sometimes adapted (as in cicadas) for producing sound.
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Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head:
(in certain birds) The labyrinth at the bottom of the windpipe.
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A vertical recessed triangular space between the sides of a pediment, typically decorated.
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Borrowed from Latin tympanum (“a drum, timbrel, tambourine; the eardrum”). Doublet of timbre, timpani, timbal, and tymbal.
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