intertympanic

English

Etymology

From inter- +‎ tympanic.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænɪk

Adjective

intertympanic (not comparable)

1. Between tympana
   • 2015 September 24, “Ontogeny of the Middle-Ear Air-Sinus System in Alligator mississippiensis (Archosauria: Crocodylia)”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Furthermore, Wever and Vernon [25 ] showed that sound energy is conducted through the heads of crocodylians via intertympanic communications allowing for sound localization by way of the detection of interaural time and phase differences.