tympanic membrane
B2CEFR level
55/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister
The thin membrane separating the external ear canal from the middle ear that vibrates in response to sound.
Otoscopy revealed a perforation in the posterosuperior quadrant of the tympanic membrane.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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