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This causes the eardrum, a thin, pliable membrane, to stretch.
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Melissa Willets, Parents, 3 Sep. 2025
In the past, he was evaluated by a veterinarian 11 times, with injuries including skull fractures, bruising of the head, ruptured eardrum, a head tilt, brain injury, dehydration, and liver complications.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Berry previously opened up about a harrowing incident in which a past partner struck her hard enough during a dispute to puncture her eardrum.
—Ryan Coleman Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
His assignment was to unload bombs for an airfield in France, until a German bomb exploded, bursting an eardrum, so Loeb was evacuated to England.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 31 July 2025
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Melissa Willets, Parents, 3 Sep. 2025
In the past, he was evaluated by a veterinarian 11 times, with injuries including skull fractures, bruising of the head, ruptured eardrum, a head tilt, brain injury, dehydration, and liver complications.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Berry previously opened up about a harrowing incident in which a past partner struck her hard enough during a dispute to puncture her eardrum.
—Ryan Coleman Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
His assignment was to unload bombs for an airfield in France, until a German bomb exploded, bursting an eardrum, so Loeb was evacuated to England.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 31 July 2025
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“Eardrum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eardrum. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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eardrum
noun
ear·drum
-ˌdrəm 
: the thin membrane that separates the outer and middle ear and carries sound waves as vibrations to the chain of tiny bones in the middle ear
called also tympanic membrane, tympanum
Medical Definition
eardrum
noun
ear·drum
-ˌdrəm
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