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posttympanic

posttympanic adjective: situated behind the tympanum.

Adjective

posttympanic (not comparable)

  1. Situated behind the tympanum

Origin of posttympanic

From post- + tympanic.

Questions about posttympanic

What does posttympanic mean?
Posttympanic means situated behind the tympanum.
What part of speech is posttympanic?
Posttympanic is an adjective.

Words near posttympanic in the dictionary

  1. posttribulationist
  2. posttribulationists
  3. posttruth
  4. posttumor
  5. posttussive
  6. posttympanic
  7. posttyphoid
  8. postulancies
  9. postulancy
  10. postulant
  11. postulants

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