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A thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear and transmits sound from the air to the malleus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tympanum, tympanic membrane, myringa
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: membrane, tissue layer
Narrower terms: perforated eardrum
Across languages
Translations
71 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
طَبْلَة اَلْأُذْن
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Armenian:
թմբկաթաղանթ
(tʻmbkatʻaġantʻ)
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Asturian:
tímpanu
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Basque:
tinpano
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Belarusian:
бараба́нная парапо́нка
(barabánnaja parapónka)
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Bulgarian:
тъпанче
(tǎpanče)
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Catalan:
timpà
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Chinese Mandarin:
鼓膜
(gǔmó)
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Chinese Mandarin:
耳鼓
(ěrgǔ)
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Chinese Mandarin:
耳膜
(ěrmó)
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Czech:
bubínek
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Danish:
trommehinde
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Dutch:
trommelvlies
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Esperanto:
timpano
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Finnish:
tärykalvo
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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French:
tympan
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Galician:
tímpano
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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German:
Trommelfell
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Greek:
ακουστικό τύμπανο
(akoustikó týmpano)
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Gujarati:
કાનનો પડદો
(kānno paḍdo)
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Hebrew:
עור התוף
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Hindi:
ढोल
(ḍhol)
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Hungarian:
dobhártya
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Icelandic:
hljóðhimna
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Ido:
timpano
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Indonesian:
gendang telinga
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Irish:
tiompán na cluaise
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Italian:
timpano
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Japanese:
鼓膜
(komaku)
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Kabuverdianu:
alupec
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Kabuverdianu:
alupek
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Kabuverdianu:
tinpanu
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Kabuverdianu:
timpan'
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Korean:
귀청
(gwicheong)
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Korean:
고막
(gomak)
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Northern Kurdish:
perdeya guhê
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Latin:
tympanum
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Latin:
membrāna tympanica
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Latin:
myrinx
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Lithuanian:
būgnelis
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Luxembourgish:
Trommelfell
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Macedonian:
ушно тапанче
(ušno tapanče)
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Malay:
gegendang telinga
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Māori:
tōrino
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Norwegian Bokmål:
trommehinne
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Occitan:
ausidor
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Persian:
پرده گوش
(parde-ye guš)
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Persian:
پرده صماخ
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Polish:
błona bębenkowa
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Polish:
bębenek
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Portuguese:
tímpano
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Russian:
бараба́нная перепо́нка
(barabánnaja perepónka)
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Scottish Gaelic:
faillean
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Serbo-Croatian:
бубница
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Serbo-Croatian:
бубна опна
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Serbo-Croatian:
бубњић
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Serbo-Croatian:
bubnica
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Serbo-Croatian:
bubna opna
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Serbo-Croatian:
bubnjić
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Slovak:
bubienok
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Spanish:
tímpano
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Sranan Tongo:
yesimama
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Swedish:
trumhinna
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Tagalog:
salamin ng tainga
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Telugu:
గూబ
(gūba)
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Telugu:
కర్ణభేరి
(karṇabhēri)
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Thai:
แก้วหู
(gɛ̂ɛo-hǔu)
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Turkish:
kulak zarı
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Ukrainian:
бараба́нна перети́нка
(barabánna peretýnka)
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Vietnamese:
màng nhĩ
— membrane separating outer and middle ears
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Welsh:
pilen clust
— membrane separating outer and middle ears