epitympanum

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epitympanum /epi·tym·pa·num/ (-tim´pah-num) epitympanic recess.

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See attic.

epitympanum [ep″ĭ-tim´pah-num]

epitympanic recess. adj., adj epitympan´ic.

epitympanum

the upper part of the tympanum.

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attic epitympanic epitympanic recess pharyngeal recess recess recessus subpopliteal recess			The mass had arisen in the epitympanum, and it extended from the aditus ad antrum to the external auditory canal. Synovial chondromatosis of the middle ear: a case report by Saggese, Domenico; Fernandez, Ignacio Javier; Salfi, Nunzio C.M.; Ceroni, Alberto Rinaldi / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal 1) that had engulfed the epitympanum with extrusion through the aditus ad antrum into the mastoid air cells. Post-traumatic cholesteatoma ... a rare occurrence by Naidoo, Logeshini; Nanan, A. / South African Journal of Radiology The mass projected into the epitympanum but did not persist at the level of the aditus ad antrum. Neuroendocrine adenoma of the middle ear (NAME) by Leong, Karen; Haber, Marian M.; Divi, Venu; Sataloff, Robert T. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal			epitheliofibril epitheliogenesis epithelioid epithelioid cell epithelioid leiomyoma epithelioid sarcoma epitheliolysin epitheliolysis epitheliolytic epithelioma epithelioma adamantinum epithelioma adenoides cysticum epithelioma cuniculatum epitheliomatous epitheliosis epitheliotropic epithelium epithelization epitonic epitope EpiTouch epitrichium epitrochlea epitympanic epitympanic recess epitympanum epivag epivaginitis Epivir epizoic epizoology epizoon epizootic epizootic fever epizootiology eplerenone Epley maneuver EPM EPN EPO epoetin epoetin alfa Epogen epoietin beta Epomidiostomum epontol eponychia eponychium eponym Eponymous epoophorectomy			Epitonin epitope epitope epitope epitope Epitopes Epitopes Epitopes EpiTouch Epitrakhil epitrichium epitrichium Epitrite Epitrochlea Epitrochlea Epitrochlear Epitrochlear Epitrochoid Epitrochoid epitrochoidal engine Epitrope Epitroposphere Epitroposphere EPITS epituberculosis epitympanic epitympanic recess epitympanic recess epitympanic recess epitympanic recess epitympanum EPIU epiurus epivag epivaginitis epivalve Epivir Epivir Epivir-HBV Epivir-HBV EPIW EPIX epixylous Epizeuxis epizoa epizoa epizoan epizoic epizoic epizoic epizoism epizoism epizoism epizoite epizoite epizoite epizoites epizoites epizoites epizone Epizoochory

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