perforated eardrum

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   an eardrum with a hole or tear in it; can interfere with normal hearing and cause other ear problems

   Broadereardrum

Questions about perforated eardrum

What does perforated eardrum mean?

perforated eardrum means "an eardrum with a hole or tear in it; can interfere with normal hearing and cause other ear problems".

Is perforated eardrum a common word?

perforated eardrum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.