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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Inflammation of the tympanic membrane.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In pathology, inflammation of the membrana tympani.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun pathology An inflammation of the eardrum.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Modern Latin myringa or myrinx, myring-, tympanic membrane (from Late Latin mēninga, meninx, from Greek mēninx) + –itis.]

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