A hole or rupture in the eardrum, a thin membrane that separates the ear canal and the middle ear, is called a perforated eardrum. The medical term for eardrum is tympanic membrane.n this case,there may be infected or bloody drainage from the ear. Infections can cause a hole in the eardrum as a side effect of otitis media. Symptoms of acuteotitis media (middle ear fluid with signs of infection) include a senese of fullness in the ear, some hearing loss, pain, and fever.
Letâs start with what is the meaning of sensitivity and specificity: Sensitivity means that: how much the test can detect the positive cases. Specificity means that: how much the test can detect the negative cases.
Modularity is the degree to which a system's components may be separated and recombined. The meaning of the word, however, can vary somewhat by context: 1  In biology, modularity is the concept that organisms or metabolic pathways are composed of modules. In cognitive science, the idea of modularity of mind holds that the mind is composed of independent, closed, domain-specific processing modules. 2  Specifically, see visual modularity, for an article relating to the various putative visual modules.