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tympanum

[tim-puh-nuhm] / ˈtɪm pə nəm /
NOUN
eardrum
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A fast-rising artist who had been commissioned at a young age to design the tympanum over the central doors of the National Cathedral, Hart was working in a long, historical tradition of realistic representation.

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2017

On the other side of the tympanum is the Eustachian tube.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

“Mahna Mahna” is as catchy as a song can be, like a fishing hook stuck in your tympanum.

From Slate • Nov. 23, 2011

Over the entrance door into one of the earlier funerary chambers, a Greco-Roman triangular tympanum illustrates the gradual penetration of Hellenistic motifs.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2010

The bright banners hanging from the tympanum proclaimed the word.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides