English

Noun

tympanostomy ‎(plural tympanostomies)

1. (surgery) A myringotomy (incision in the eardrum or tympanic membrane).
   • 2007 January 30, Nicholas Bakalar, “Child Care: Ear Tubes Not Found to Affect Development”, in New York Times:

     The children were randomly assigned in a clinical trial to undergo tympanostomy promptly or six to nine months later.