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English
Etymology
From supra- + tympanal.
Adjective
supratympanal (comparative more supratympanal, superlative most supratympanal)
- (anatomy, zootomy) Describes something situated over or above the tympanum, or tympanic cavity, of the ear.
1864, ALBERT C.L.G. GÜNTHER, THE REPTILES OF BRITISH INDIA., London: R.Y. SOCIETY, page 415: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.
1899, Jame Weir, Jr., The Dawn of Reason of Mental Traits in the Lower Animals, New York: The Macmillan Company, page 21: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.
1977, O. W. Richards, R. G. Davies, Imms' General Textbook of Entomology, Tenth edition, Volume I: Structure, Physiology and Development, London: Chapman and Hall, page 133:The outer chamber contains the supratympanal organ together with leucocytes and adipose cells.