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MYRINGOTOMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does myringotomy mean?
• MYRINGOTOMY (noun)
The noun MYRINGOTOMY has 1 sense:
1. surgical incision into the eardrum (to relieve pressure or release pus from the middle ear)
Familiarity information: MYRINGOTOMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical incision into the eardrum (to relieve pressure or release pus from the middle ear)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("myringotomy" is a kind of...):
operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)
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