transtympanic

English

Etymology

trans- +‎ tympanic

Adjective

transtympanic (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Across or through the tympanum
    • 2015 November 11, “Why Wait? Early Determinants of School Dropout in Preventive Pediatric Primary Care”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:
      Hospital admissions or surgery was chosen as a proxy for a (diagnosed) disease and included long-term hospitalizations and major surgery, but also and especially day-care admissions such as insertion of transtympanic tubes at a middle ear effusion.
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