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PERFORATED EARDRUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does perforated eardrum mean?
• PERFORATED EARDRUM (noun)
The noun PERFORATED EARDRUM has 1 sense:
1. an eardrum with a hole or tear in it; can interfere with normal hearing and cause other ear problems
Familiarity information: PERFORATED EARDRUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An eardrum with a hole or tear in it; can interfere with normal hearing and cause other ear problems
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("perforated eardrum" is a kind of...):
eardrum; myringa; tympanic membrane; tympanum (the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound)
Context examples
It may lead to numerous complications, such as pseudomediastinum (air trapped in the chest between both lungs), perforation of the tympanic membrane (perforated eardrum), and even rupture of a cerebral aneurysm (ballooning blood vessel in the brain), they explain.
(Blocking A Sneeze, Man Ruptures Throat, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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