tympanic cavity

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.