(1) - Tympan (n.) A frame covered with parchment or cloth, on which the blank sheets are put, in order to be laid on the form to be impressed. (2) - Tympan (n.) A panel; a tympanum. (3) - Tympan (n.) A drum.
(1) - Tympanic (n.) The tympanic bone. (2) - Tympanic (a.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum. (3) - Tympanic (a.) Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a tympanic membrane.