tympanostomy
English
Etymology
Noun
tympanostomy (plural tympanostomies)
- (surgery) A myringotomy (incision in the eardrum or tympanic membrane).
- 2007 January 30, Nicholas Bakalar, “Child Care: Ear Tubes Not Found to Affect Development”, in New York Times[1]:
- The children were randomly assigned in a clinical trial to undergo tympanostomy promptly or six to nine months later.