Noun

• S: (n) middle ear, tympanic cavity, tympanum (the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear)
• part meronym
• S: (n) ossicle, bonelet, ossiculum (a small bone; especially one in the middle ear)
• S: (n) Eustachian tube, auditory tube (either of the paired tubes connecting the middle ears to the nasopharynx; equalizes air pressure on the two sides of the eardrum)
• S: (n) malleus, hammer (the ossicle attached to the eardrum)
• S: (n) incus, anvil (the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes)
• S: (n) stapes, stirrup (the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• part holonym
• S: (n) auditory apparatus (all of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears)
• S: (n) eardrum, tympanum, tympanic membrane, myringa (the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• part meronym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• part holonym
• S: (n) kettle, kettledrum, tympanum, tympani, timpani (a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it)