intertympanic
intertympanic adjective: between tympana.
Adjective
intertympanic (not comparable)
- Between tympana
- Furthermore, Wever and Vernon [25 ] showed that sound energy is conducted through the heads of crocodylians via intertympanic communications allowing for sound localization by way of the detection of interaural time and phase differences.2015 September 24, “Ontogeny of the Middle-Ear Air-Sinus System in Alligator mississippiensis (Archosauria: Crocodylia)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin of intertympanic
From inter- + tympanic.
Words that rhyme with intertympanic
- organic
- mechanic
- panic
- aldermanic
- Hispanic
- inorganic
- Romanic
- tetanic
- volcanic
- cyanic
- melanic
- titanic
38 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- tympanic
- uranic
- allophanic
- manic
- montanic
- Sudanic
- veganic
- alloxanic
- balanic
- bistephanic
- botanic
- Britannic
- caroticotympanic
- Catalanic
- clavulanic
- Dianic
- endotympanic
- extratympanic
- furanic
- hydrovolcanic
- incudotympanic
- Itanic
- manganic
- neanic
- nontympanic
- paratympanic
- pharyngotympanic
- phytanic
- pristanic
- Proto-Germanic
- pyranic
- retrotympanic
- shamanic
- stannic
- sultanic
- tannic
- Trajanic
- tyrannic
Questions about intertympanic
- What does intertympanic mean?
- Intertympanic means between tympana.
- What part of speech is intertympanic?
- Intertympanic is an adjective.
Words near intertympanic in the dictionary
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