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Rectal readings are best for infants and young children, while oral and tympanic thermometers are typically sufficient for older children and adults.
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Daryl Austin, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
And from its titanic, tympanic entrance onward, the mounting and ultimately triumphant energy of the final movement had audience members bouncing their legs and bobbing their heads.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
What to Look For in a Thermometer Types There are different types of thermometers that target different areas of the body to get your temperature readings, such as oral, tympanic, temporal, and rectal areas.
—Kayla Hui, Mph, Verywell Health, 21 Aug. 2023
The relatively round, fist-sized bone — called the tympanic bone, or siuti in Iñupiaq — is also an object that captains usually take from the whale to remind them of the hunt.
—Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2022
These typically have a tympanic effect going over uneven pavement.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 17 June 2022
Per the authors, their late Neolithic ear surgeon would have followed a similar (albeit much cruder) procedure, removing the affected bone to drain the middle ear and then connecting the mastoid bone with the tympanic cavity surrounding the bone of the inner ear.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2022
Otoscopy was repeated, revealing both tympanic membranes to be free of cerumen, intact and in excellent condition.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 13 July 2011
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Daryl Austin, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
And from its titanic, tympanic entrance onward, the mounting and ultimately triumphant energy of the final movement had audience members bouncing their legs and bobbing their heads.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
What to Look For in a Thermometer Types There are different types of thermometers that target different areas of the body to get your temperature readings, such as oral, tympanic, temporal, and rectal areas.
—Kayla Hui, Mph, Verywell Health, 21 Aug. 2023
The relatively round, fist-sized bone — called the tympanic bone, or siuti in Iñupiaq — is also an object that captains usually take from the whale to remind them of the hunt.
—Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2022
These typically have a tympanic effect going over uneven pavement.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 17 June 2022
Per the authors, their late Neolithic ear surgeon would have followed a similar (albeit much cruder) procedure, removing the affected bone to drain the middle ear and then connecting the mastoid bone with the tympanic cavity surrounding the bone of the inner ear.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2022
Otoscopy was repeated, revealing both tympanic membranes to be free of cerumen, intact and in excellent condition.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 13 July 2011
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“Tympanic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tympanic. Accessed 27 Dec. 2025.
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tympanic
adjective
tym·pan·ic
tim-ˈpan-ik 
: of, relating to, or being a tympanum
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