Meanings
adjectiveparatympanic (not comparable)
- not comparableBeyond the tympanum
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.
2015 September 24, “Ontogeny of the Middle-Ear Air-Sinus System in Alligator mississippiensis (Archosauria: Crocodylia)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with paratympanic
organicHispanicpanicmechanictitanicvolcanicinorganicmanicbotanicshamanicBritannictannictympanicclavulanicRomanicaldermanictetanicDianicallophanicalloxanicbalanicbistephaniccaroticotympanicCatalanic
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paratympanic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paratympanic
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“paratympanic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paratympanic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paratympanic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paratympanic.
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