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tympanically

tympanically adverb: by means of, or in terms of, the eardrum or middle ear.

Adverb

tympanically (not comparable)

  1. By means of, or in terms of, the eardrum or middle ear.
    • The patient's temperature was taken tympanically.

Origin of tympanically

From tympanic + -ally.

Questions about tympanically

What does tympanically mean?
Tympanically means by means of, or in terms of, the eardrum or middle ear.
What part of speech is tympanically?
Tympanically is an adverb.

Words near tympanically in the dictionary

  1. tympanic plexus
  2. tympanic resonance
  3. tympanic ring
  4. tympanic rings
  5. tympanical
  6. tympanically
  7. tympanicity
  8. tympanics
  9. tympanicum
  10. tympanies
  11. tympaniform

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