hemotympanum

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From hemo- +‎ tympanum.

Noun

hemotympanum (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) The presence of blood in the tympanic cavity of the middle ear.
    Hemotympanum is often the result of basilar skull fracture.

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