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English translation: eardrum/tympanic membrane
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| Croatian to English translations [PRO] Medical - Medical (general) / audibility test results | |||||||
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peer agreement (net): +1eardrum Explanation: The tympanic membrane, or eardrum, is a thin membrane that separates the external ear from the middle ear. Its function is to transmit sound from the air to the ossicles inside the middle ear. The malleus bone bridges the gap between the eardrum and the other ossicles. Rupture or perforation of the eardrum can lead to conductive hearing loss. |
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peer agreement (net): -2tympanum Explanation: tympanum auris, tympanic membrane Vjerojatno... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2011-01-15 13:46:06 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- tympanic membrane, also calledeardrum, The tympanic membrane (eardrum) and auditory ossicles vibrating inside a human ear. [Credit: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]membrane in the human ear that receives sound vibrations from the outer air and transmits them to the auditory ossicles, which are tiny bones in the tympanic (middle ear) cavity. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/611539/tympanic-me... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2011-01-15 13:50:07 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Enyclopedia Britannica uopće ne daje rezultate pretraživanja za eardrum već preusmjerava na tympanic membrane. http://www.britannica.com/bps/search?query=eardrum Isto je i sa stručnim člancima iz medicinskih časopisa. The extremely thin and delicate tympanic membrane (TM) is the first component of the middle ear conductive system. The TM is easily traumatized, and diseases of the TM deprive patients of their ability to work and to enjoy life. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/858558-overview -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2011-01-15 13:52:18 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Definition of Tympanum Tympanum: In anatomy, the drum of the ear, the eardrum, the tympanic membrane. The tympanum resembles the head of a tiny drum. It separates the middle ear from the external ear. (MedicineNet.com) http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=5873 Reference: http://books.google.hr/books?id=f_ARAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA335&lpg=PA... Reference: http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=5873 |
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