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tympanon

tympanon noun: a hammered dulcimer. Also the alternative form of tympanum.

Noun

tympanon (plural tympanons or tympana)

  1. A hammered dulcimer.

Also used as

tympanon is also the alternative form of tympanum.

Forms of tympanon

pluraltympanons
pluraltympana

Questions about tympanon

What does tympanon mean?
Tympanon means a hammered dulcimer.
What part of speech is tympanon?
Tympanon is a noun.
What is the plural of tympanon?
The plural of tympanon is tympanons.

Words near tympanon in the dictionary

  1. tympanometer
  2. tympanometers
  3. tympanometric
  4. tympanometries
  5. tympanometry
  6. tympanon
  7. tympanons
  8. tympanoparotid
  9. tympanoperiotic
  10. tympanophonia
  11. tympanophonic

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