tensor tympani

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   a small muscle in the middle ear that tenses to protect the eardrum

   Broadertensor

Questions about tensor tympani

What does tensor tympani mean?

tensor tympani means "a small muscle in the middle ear that tenses to protect the eardrum".

Is tensor tympani a common word?

tensor tympani is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.