cerumen
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- ceruminous adjective
Etymology
Origin of cerumen
1735–45; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin cēr ( a ) wax + ( alb ) umen albumen
Example Sentences
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What stark chapters of oceanic history will these projects write in cetacean cerumen?
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
The cerumen in the canal is also carried outwards, taking with it any dirt, dust, and particulate matter that may have gathered in the canal.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
The growth of two fungi commonly present in otomycosis was also significantly inhibited by human cerumen.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
A term applied to the glands secreting cerumen, or ear wax.
From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.
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