nontympanic
nontympanic adjective: not tympanic.
Adjective
nontympanic (not comparable)
- Not tympanic.
- The lack of a tympanum has been claimed to inhibit anuran vocalization, and nontympanic pathways of sound reception and ultrasonic signal systems may compensate for degeneration of the middle ear complex.2015 November 25, “Insights from Integrative Systematics Reveal Cryptic Diversity in Pristimantis Frogs (Anura: Craugastoridae) from the Upper Amazon Basin”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin of nontympanic
From non- + tympanic.
Words that rhyme with nontympanic
- 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
- intertympanic
- Itanic
- manganic
- neanic
- paratympanic
- pharyngotympanic
- phytanic
- pristanic
- Proto-Germanic
- pyranic
- retrotympanic
- shamanic
- stannic
- sultanic
- tannic
- Trajanic
- tyrannic
Questions about nontympanic
- What does nontympanic mean?
- Nontympanic means not tympanic.
- What part of speech is nontympanic?
- Nontympanic is an adjective.
Words near nontympanic in the dictionary
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