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tympanum
tympanum (Greek: ‘drum’; plural: tympana). Architectural term for the space enclosed between the lintel of a doorway and an arch over it; the term is also applied to similar spaces, such as the triangle enclosed by a classical pediment. The tympanum has no structural function and is often richly carved; some of the chief glories of
Romanesque sculpture are tympanum decorations (see, for example,
Gislebertus).
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A new method of studying the anatomy of the posterior tympanum.
Magazine article from: Ear, Nose and Throat Journal; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...The anatomic position of the posterior tympanum compromises direct visualization and...measure the structures in the posterior tympanum, thereby allowing for further definition...mechanical barriers to the posterior tympanum, which allows for direct visualization...
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Attic cholesteatoma with extension into the tympanum.
Magazine article from: Ear, Nose and Throat Journal; 5/1/2000; ; 638 words
; ...portion of the pars tensa and extending inferiorly into the tympanum to the level of the round window. This is an attic cholesteatoma...provide adequate exposure to dissect the cholesteatoma from the tympanum. In most cases, the cholesteatoma and its basement membrane...
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A Drum-Tympanum.(A Bu-Ba-Bu Sampler of Poetry)(Poem)
Magazine article from: World Literature Today; 9/1/2005; ; 503 words
; A Drum-Tympanum A sonnet uttered by the Flying Head --Paint a BABE naked BLUE with lips the day looks BA BU in dithyraMBS BU taBOO put your teeth...
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Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber Missa Salisburgensis, Plaudite tympana.(Sound recording review)
Magazine article from: Czech Music; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...recorded; the CD was released by Deutsche Grammophon as long after as 2003. In the same year Biber's mass and motet Plaudite tympana were recorded by the Italian ensembles La Stagione Armonica and Tibicines with Sergio Balestracci conducting. The London recording...
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Reproductive energy allocation and long-term energy stores in a viviparous lizard (Eulamprus tympanum).
Magazine article from: Ecology; 4/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...by recently ingested energy vs. stored reserves. MATERIALS AND METHODS Study species The southern water skink, Eulamprus tympanum, is an ideal ectothermic vertebrate to use in investigating the role of energy storage in reproduction. These medium-sized...
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Apologies to tympana
Newspaper article from: The Independent Weekly; 9/6/2006; ; 700+ words
; Honestly, I was expecting to be disappointed. Sunday night during the Table of the Elements Festival in Atlanta, Rhys Chatham-a Greenwich Village-born Paris resident most famous for writing the first pieces for massed guitar in the late '70s-premiered his new band, Essentialist. A press release
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Three New Indochinese Species of Cascade Frogs (Amphibia: Ranidae) Allied to Rana archotaphus
Magazine article from: Copeia; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...second, width of third finger disc about equal to tympanum diameter, and tympanum of males relatively larger than females. The second...second, width of third finger disc equal to the tympanum diameter, venter with very light or no spotting...
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The Hart of National Cathedral.(Metropolitan)(Life)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 8/17/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...beneath Mr. Hart's north tympanum, "Creation of Day," St...right, beneath the south tympanum, "Creation of Night...allowed to compete for the three tympanums over the west entrance...Peter and Paul] and for the tympanum over the west doors; those...
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Posterior Sinus of the Middle Ear
Magazine article from: The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...retracted epithelium from the posterior tympanum. Key Words: cholesteatoma, posterior sinus, posterior tympanum. INTRODUCTION The sinus posterior cavitatis...Removal of disease from the posterior tympanum remains a challenge to the surgeon...
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Perfect sense No 3982
Magazine article from: New Statesman; 6/18/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...formalin, Marmite, groyne, hell, group captain, tympanum Most entries were up to scratch, though two genuinely...rummaged around the cavern inside his head, from tympanum to tympanum, trying to make sense of the detritus accumulated...
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tympanum
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
tympanum (Greek: ‘drum’; plural: tympana). Architectural term for...a classical pediment. The tympanum has no structural function...of Romanesque sculpture are tympanum decorations (see, for example...
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tympana
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
tym·pa·na / ˈtimpənə / • plural form of tympanum .
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Evolution, Parallel
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...lineages, and creation of new species. Tympanum — The eardrum. conditions...species. These insects have developed a tympanum, or eardrum, similar to humans as a...vibrations of a membrane that covers the tympanum, known as the tympanic membrane. These...
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tympan
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
tympan †tympanum OE.; (typogr.) in a printing press, frame for equalizing pressure XVI. OE. timpana and ME. timpan (in renderings of biblical passages) — L. tympanum TYMPANUM . reinforced by (O)F. tympan .
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Perforated Eardrum
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
Perforated eardrum Definition A perforated eardrum (tympanum perforation) is an opening or rupture in the eardrum...explosion or other extremely loud noise Other causes of tympanum perforation include pressure trauma (barotrauma) injury...
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