myring/o
eardrum
From New Latin myringa, eardrum, from Greek meninx, membrane
Meaning
What does myring/o mean?
myring/o is a root meaning eardrum. It comes from New Latin myringa, eardrum, from Greek meninx, membrane.
Inside words it is spelled myring.
Myring/o and tympan/o both name the eardrum, but only tympan/o also stretches to the middle ear behind it.
In real words
Medical words with myring/o
a tiny surgical cut in the eardrum that lets trapped fluid drain from the middle ear
inflammation of the eardrum, usually from infection; in bullous myringitis it forms fluid-filled blisters
surgery to close a hole in a ruptured eardrum by placing a graft over it
Don't mix it up
Parts easily confused with myring/o
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Written for biofideX in plain words, after checking these references:
- Word Parts and Structural Terms – Medical Terminology: An Interactive Approach
- 15.1 – Introduction to the Sensory Systems – Building a Medical Terminology Foundation 2e
- myringo- - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
- MYRINGOTOMY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
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Eyes and ears
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