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Ear surgery children
Vocab
Question | Answer |
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myringotomy | a small surgery done to make a hole in the tympanic membrane allowing fluid to drain from the ear |
tube | a hollow cylinder that conveys a fluid or functions as a passage |
structural | the arrangement of parts that make up the whole |
damage | harm or injury |
membrane | thin, pliable layer of tissue |
carries | has |
persistent | continuing, not stopping |
insert | put in |
ventilate | to allow air in or allow the movement of air within an area |
cranky | irritable, upset |
resume | start again after an action has been interrupted or stopped before completion |
crusted stuff / material | dried mucous material |
seeping | leaking out lowly |
more or less | about, approximately |
at her wits' end | the way you feel when you've exhausted or run out of all your options and are ready to give up because the situation seems hopeless, or that there is no solution |
breathe a sigh of relief | to express relief that something has ended |