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tympanoplasty
tympanoplasty n.
Brit. 
/ˈtɪmpənə(ʊ)plasti/
, /ˈtɪmpənə(ʊ)plasti/U.S. /ˈtɪmpənoʊˌplæsti/
[-plasty comb. form] Surgery an operation to repair the middle ear./ˈtɪmpənoʊˌplæsti/ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > fixation and repair operations > [noun] > repair > of specific parts
rhinoplastic1823
rhinoplasty1828
cheiloplasty1842
uranoplasty1844
staphyloplasty1846
uranoplastic1850
genyplasty1857
stomatoplasty1860
palatoplasty1873
posthioplasty1874
perineoplasty1875
vaginoplasty1877
myringoplasty1879
thoracoplasty1890
tracheloplasty1890
labioplasty1896
utriculoplasty1910
angioplasty1912
pyeloplasty1913
mammaplasty1938
valvuloplasty1948
tympanoplasty1955
tuboplasty1961
balloon angioplasty1980
blepharoplasty-
1955 Acta Oto-Laryngol. XLV. 457 It seems advisable in some cases..to operate in two stages: first a conservative radical operation..and, secondly, tympanoplasty.
1960 J. Grant Come again, Nurse xvi. 97 Now a tympanoplasty is different again. That is a plastic repair to the middle ear with a skin graft, to help the sound waves.
1977 Lancet 16 July 119/1 Grafting the drum constitutes the simplest and most successful form of tympanoplasty.
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