transtympanic en · ADJ
Etymology
From trans- + tympanic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Across or through the tympanum
Hospital admissions or surgery was chosen as a proxy for a (diagnosed) disease and included long-term hospitalizations and major surgery, but also and especially day-care admissions such as insertion of transtympanic tubes at a middle ear effusion.
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