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Two weeks before Sardinha’s murder, Charron allegedly busted her eardrum.
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Charna Flam, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The slap reportedly ruptured Rhodes's eardrum, necessitating the use of an earplug during his entrance.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
In a personal essay, Ms. McKinney writes about how a childhood cholesteatoma destroyed her right eardrum and most of her ear canal, leaving her partly deaf.
—Adrienne Raphel, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
Breaths pant, pant, pant, pushing past my earbuds and into my eardrums.
—David Oliver, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
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Charna Flam, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The slap reportedly ruptured Rhodes's eardrum, necessitating the use of an earplug during his entrance.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
In a personal essay, Ms. McKinney writes about how a childhood cholesteatoma destroyed her right eardrum and most of her ear canal, leaving her partly deaf.
—Adrienne Raphel, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
Breaths pant, pant, pant, pushing past my earbuds and into my eardrums.
—David Oliver, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Eardrum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eardrum. Accessed 2 Jun. 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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