tympanic membrane

1. 1.

   the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound

   Synonymseardrumtympanummyringa

   Broadermembrane

   Narrowerperforated eardrum

   Part ofear

   Partsumbo

Questions about tympanic membrane

What does tympanic membrane mean?

tympanic membrane means "the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound".

What is another word for tympanic membrane?

Close synonyms include eardrum, tympanum, myringa. 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 membrane a common word?

tympanic membrane 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.