tympanic membrane

American  

noun

Anatomy, Zoology.

1. eardrum.

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tympanic membrane British  

noun

1. Also called: tympanum.  Nontechnical name: eardrum.  the thin translucent oval membrane separating the external ear from the middle ear. It transmits vibrations produced by sound waves, via the ossicles, to the cochlea

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tympanic membrane Scientific  

/ tĭm-păn′ĭk /

1. See eardrum

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Etymology

Origin of tympanic membrane

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

The researchers used 921 videos from the training library to teach two different AI models to detect AOM by looking at features of the tympanic membrane, including shape, position, color and translucency.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

Presley, R. Lizards, mammals and the primitive tetrapod tympanic membrane.

From Nature • Nov. 12, 2017

When a microphone was placed in its ear, everyone could hear a ringing tone—the result, it turned out, of an oversensitive tympanic membrane.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 30, 2015

Hearing in early amphibians developed from adapting the spiracles to become the tympanic membrane for transmitting sound to the brain through the stapes, one of our tiny inner ear bones.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2014

The external portion of the ear acts as a funnel for catching sound waves and leading them into the canal, where they strike upon the ear drum, or tympanic membrane, and throw it into vibration.

From General Science by Clark, Bertha M.