Look up: tympanoplasty

1. 
   tympanoplasty
   [n] - surgical correction or repair of defects or injuries in the eardrum or the bones of the middle ear
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
2. 
   Tympanoplasty
   a surgical procedure used to treat hearing loss in which the eardrum or structures in the middle ear are repaired
   Found on http://www.medichecks.com/glossary.cfm?l
   
   
3. 
   Tympanoplasty
   Surgical repair or reconstruction of the middle ear
   Found on http://www.dwp.gov.uk/medical/med_condit
   
   
4. 
   tympanoplasty
   An operation to repair a damaged ear drum
   Found on http://www.generalandmedical.com/glossar
   
   
5. 
   Tympanoplasty
   Tympanoplasty: A surgical operation to correct damage to the middle ear and restore the integrity of bones of the middle ear and the ear drum. Tympano- comes from the Greek tympanon meaning drum.
   Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.
   
   
6. 
   tympanoplasty
   <surgery> Surgical repair of the tympanic membrane (eardrum). ... (13 Nov 1997) ...
   Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona
   
   
7. 
   tympanoplasty
   noun surgical correction or repair of defects or injuries in the eardrum or the bones of the middle ear
   Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?
   
   
8. 
   Tympanoplasty
   `Tympanoplasty` is reconstructive surgery for the tympanic membrane, or eardrum. After a person perforates their eardrum they are left with several options. If the perforation is from recent trauma, many ENTs will elect to watch and see if it heals on its own. After that, surgery may be considered. Tympanoplasty can be performed through the ear canal or through an incision behind the ear. The surgeon takes a graft from the tissues under the skin ...
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tympanoplas
   
   
9. 
   tympanoplasty
   (tim´pә-no-plas″te) plastic reconstruction of the auditory ossicles of the middle ear to create a continuity of their chain from the tympanic membrane to the oval window. This is done when chronic infection or a tumor has led to destruction of the ossicles, of the petrous part of the temporal bone, or both. ...
   Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns
   
   
10. 
    tympanoplasty
    (from the article `ear disease`) ...radical mastoid or a modified radical mastoid operation. If during the same procedure the perforation in the tympanic membrane is closed and the ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/99
    
    
11. 
    tympanoplasty
    tympanoplasty 1. A surgical operation to correct damage to the middle ear and restore the integrity of bones of the middle ear and the ear drum. 2. The reconstruction, by surgery, of the sound-conducting mechanism of the middle ear when this has been damaged by disease or by the radical surgery necessary to excise it. 3. The excision of disease of the middle-e...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf