v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tympanized p. pr. & vb. n. Tympanizing ] To stretch, as a skin over the head of a drum; to make into a drum or drumhead, or cause to act or sound like a drum. [ Obs. ] “Tympanized, as other saints of God were.” Oley. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Tympanum. ] 1. Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a tympanic membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum. [ 1913 Webster ]
Tympanic bone (Anat.), a bone of the skull which incloses a part of the tympanum and supports the tympanic membrane. -- Tympanic membrane. (Anat.) See the Note under Ear. [ 1913 Webster ]
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