Akademik

tympanostomy

An operation to make an opening in the tympanic membrane. SEE ALSO: myringotomy. [tympano- + G. ostium, mouth]

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tym·pa·nos·to·my .tim-pə-'näs-tə-mē n, pl -mies MYRINGOTOMY

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tym·pa·nos·to·my (tim″pə-nosґtə-me) myringotomy.

Medical dictionary. 2011.