paratympanic

English

Etymology

From para- +‎ tympanic.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænɪk

Adjective

paratympanic (not comparable)

1. Beyond the tympanum
   • 2015 September 24, “Ontogeny of the Middle-Ear Air-Sinus System in Alligator mississippiensis (Archosauria: Crocodylia)”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     These sinuses invade nearly all the bones of the chondrocranium and several bony elements of the splanchnocranium, but patterns of postnatal paratympanic sinus development are poorly understood and documented.

Derived terms

• paratympanic organ