cerumen
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of cerumen
1735–45; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin cēr ( a ) wax + ( alb ) umen albumen
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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
What stark chapters of oceanic history will these projects write in cetacean cerumen?
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
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
Embedded in the deeper parts of the canal are glands which secrete the cerumen, or ear-wax, which keeps the canal moist, and helps to protect it against foreign bodies and insects.
From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.
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