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tubotympanic

tubotympanic adjective: of or pertaining to the anatomic region comprising both the eustachian tube and the tympanomastoid cavities.

Adjective

tubotympanic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the anatomic region comprising both the eustachian tube and the tympanomastoid cavities.
    • The Eustachian (auditory) tube and tympanomastoid cavities form an anatomic and functional whole that cannot easily be divided, and is therefore known as the "tubotympanic system". The system has been the focus of several studies, with complex and sometimes contradictory results, making an overview...2017, C Martin, A Karkas, J-M Prades, “Tubotympanic system functioning”, in Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis, volume 134, number 3, →DOI, →PMID, pages 177–184

Origin of tubotympanic

International scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from tubo- + tympanic = tubo- + tympanum + -ic.

Questions about tubotympanic

What does tubotympanic mean?
Tubotympanic means of or pertaining to the anatomic region comprising both the eustachian tube and the tympanomastoid cavities.
What part of speech is tubotympanic?
Tubotympanic is an adjective.

Words near tubotympanic in the dictionary

  1. tuboplasties
  2. tuboplasty
  3. tuboscopic
  4. tuboscopies
  5. tuboscopy
  6. tubotympanic
  7. tubotympanum
  8. tubovarian
  9. tubovesicular
  10. tubovillous
  11. tubs

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