supratympanal

English

Etymology

From supra- +‎ tympanal.

Adjective

supratympanal (comparative more supratympanal, superlative most supratympanal)

1. (anatomy, zootomy) Describes something situated over or above the tympanum, or tympanic cavity, of the ear.
   • 1864, ALBERT C.L.G. GÜNTHER, THE REPTILES OF BRITISH INDIA., London: R.Y. SOCIETY, page 415:

     Upper parts brownish olive; a triangular dark spot on the crown of the head; a brown spot below the eye, and a brown band along and below the supratympanal fold.

   • 1899, Jame Weir, Jr., The Dawn of Reason of Mental Traits in the Lower Animals, New York: The Macmillan Company, page 21:

     In grasshoppers the auditory nerve, after entering the tibia, divides into two branches, one forming the supratympanal ganglion, the other descending into the tympanum and forming a ganglion known as Siebold’s organ.

   • 1977, O. W. Richards, R. G. Davies, Imms' General Textbook of Entomology, Tenth edition, Volume I: Structure, Physiology and Development, London: Chapman and Hall, page 133:

     The outer chamber contains the supratympanal organ together with leucocytes and adipose cells.