noun
Meaning 1
Synonym of eardrum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: eardrum
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
myringa
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noun
Meaning 2
the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: eardrum, tympanum, tympanic membrane
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: membrane, tissue layer
Narrower terms: perforated eardrum
History
Etymology
From international scientific vocabulary, from Latin myrinx. An 1885 otological monograph says that the tympanic membrane (eardrum) was called by the New Latin words myrinx and myringa by Hieronymus Fabricius in 1600: "The folio edition of his works, published in 1600, contains a very systematic and clear account of the anatomy of the ear as then understood. He gives the name myrinx, as well as myringa—whence our myringitis—to the membrana tympani [membrana tympanica]." Probably a corruption of mēninx.