tympanic cavity

1. 1.

   the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear

   Synonymsmiddle eartympanum

   Broadercavity

   Part ofauditory apparatus

   PartsossicleEustachian tubemalleusincusstapes

Questions about tympanic cavity

What does tympanic cavity mean?

tympanic cavity means "the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear".

What is another word for tympanic cavity?

Close synonyms include middle ear, tympanum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tympanic cavity a common word?

tympanic cavity 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.