Meaning
roottympan/o
eardrum
GreekSpecial Senses
Terms built from tympan/o
One term in the TermDecode library uses this word part. Where a term’s breakdown names the part, the term is shown split into its parts with tympan/o marked.
tympan/o decoded step by step
One library term, read one part at a time.
- The root tympan/o means “eardrum”.
- The suffix -plasty means “repair”.
- Together: Surgical repair of the eardrum.
Parts that combine with tympan/o
Word parts that appear alongside tympan/o in a library term’s breakdown, with how many terms pair them.
Other examples
Words that use tympan/o but do not yet have their own page in the library.
tympanic
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