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tympanic bone
noun
Anatomy, Zoology.
- (in mammals) a bone of the skull, supporting the tympanic membrane and enclosing part of the tympanum or middle ear.
tympanic bone
noun
- the part of the temporal bone in the mammalian skull that surrounds the auditory canal
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of tympanic bone1
First recorded in 1840–50
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The skull has a more carnivorous form; it has "a complete zygomatic arch, and the tympanic bone forms a bundle-like swelling on each side of the back of the skull."
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