Of or pertaining to paresis; affected with paresis.
1. Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a tympanic membrane. 2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum. Tympanic bone (Anat.), a bone of the skull which incloses a part of the tympanum and supports the tympanic membrane. -- Tympanic membrane. (Anat.) See the Note under Ear. The tympanic bone.