cerumen
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of cerumen
1735–45; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin cēr ( a ) wax + ( alb ) umen albumen
Example Sentences
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Like humans, cetaceans — whales, dolphins, porpoises — produce ear wax, and in certain species, this wax, or cerumen, builds up over their lifetime.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2022
Shell's plans to explore for oil off of South Africa's eastern shore, near a region known as the Wild Coast, threatened to etch in the cerumen of so many whales a dark new chapter.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2022
In wet-type cerumen at least, these lipids include cholesterol, squalene, and many long-chain fatty acids and alcohols.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Earwax, also known by the medical term cerumen, is a yellowish, waxy substance secreted in the ear canal of humans and many other mammals.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Chapter II. "ceramen" to cerumen. ... ear trouble, impacted cerumen is usually found ...
From The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States by Harry Best
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