tympanic vein

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   veins from the tympanic cavity that empty into the retromandibular vein

   Broadervein

Questions about tympanic vein

What does tympanic vein mean?

tympanic vein means "veins from the tympanic cavity that empty into the retromandibular vein".

Is tympanic vein a common word?

tympanic vein 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.