supratympanal

comparative more supratympanal · superlative most supratympanal

1. anatomySituated over or above the tympanum, or tympanic cavity, of the ear.

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

   1977, O. W. Richards, R. G. Davies, Imms' General Textbook of Entomology, 10 edition, Volume I: Structure, Physiology and Development, London: Chapman and Hall, page 133

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   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.

   1864, Albert C.L.G. Günther, The Reptiles Of British India, London: R.Y. Society, page 415

   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.

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