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subtympanic

subtympanic adjective: below the tympanum.

Adjective

subtympanic (not comparable)

  1. Below the tympanum
    • The apertures of the tympanic membrane and the subtympanic foramen were selected as reasonable vectors for air-borne sound energy, and the surface areas of these apertures (A x ) were measured.2015 September 24, “Ontogeny of the Middle-Ear Air-Sinus System in Alligator mississippiensis (Archosauria: Crocodylia)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of subtympanic

From sub- + tympanic.

Questions about subtympanic

What does subtympanic mean?
Subtympanic means below the tympanum.
What part of speech is subtympanic?
Subtympanic is an adjective.

Words near subtympanic in the dictionary

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  8. subtype
  9. subtype polymorphism
  10. subtyped
  11. subtypes

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