paratympanic
paratympanic adjective: beyond the tympanum.
Adjective
paratympanic (not comparable)
- Beyond the tympanum
- These sinuses invade nearly all the bones of the chondrocranium and several bony elements of the splanchnocranium, but patterns of postnatal paratympanic sinus development are poorly understood and documented.2015 September 24, “Ontogeny of the Middle-Ear Air-Sinus System in Alligator mississippiensis (Archosauria: Crocodylia)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin of paratympanic
From para- + tympanic.
Words formed from paratympanic
Phrases with paratympanic
Words that rhyme with paratympanic
- organic
- mechanic
- panic
- aldermanic
- Hispanic
- inorganic
- Romanic
- tetanic
- volcanic
- cyanic
- melanic
- titanic
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- 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
- nontympanic
- pharyngotympanic
- phytanic
- pristanic
- Proto-Germanic
- pyranic
- retrotympanic
- shamanic
- stannic
- sultanic
- tannic
- Trajanic
- tyrannic
Questions about paratympanic
- What does paratympanic mean?
- Paratympanic means beyond the tympanum.
- What part of speech is paratympanic?
- Paratympanic is an adjective.
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