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tympano

tympano


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tympano  \Tym"pa*no\,  n.;  pl  {Tympani}.  [It.  timpano.  See 
  {Tympanum}.]  (Mus.) 
  A  kettledrum;  --  chiefly  used  in  the  plural  to  denote  the 
  kettledrums  of  an  orchestra.  See  {Kettledrum}.  [Written  also 
  {timpano}.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tympano-  \Tym"pa*no-\ 
  A  combining  form  used  in  anatomy  to  indicate  connection  with 
  or  relation  to  the  tympanum;  as  in  tympanohyal, 
  tympano-Eustachian.