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tympanoplasty

[ tim-puh-nuh-plas-tee ]

noun

, Surgery.
  1. reconstruction of the eardrum and the bones of the middle ear.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tympanoplasty1

First recorded in 1950–55; tympan(um) + -o- + -plasty

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