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English
Etymology
From tympano- + -tomy.
Noun
tympanotomy (plural tympanotomies)
- (surgery) incision into the tympanum
2015 February 13, Jing Zou et al., “Imaging cochlear implantation with round window insertion in human temporal bones and cochlear morphological variation using high-resolution cone beam CT”, in Acta Oto-Laryngologica, volume 135, →DOI:The round window niche was exposed through a posterior tympanotomy and mainly the anterior bony overhang of the round window niche was removed.
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