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
What stark chapters of oceanic history will these projects write in cetacean cerumen?
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2022
In addition to affecting cerumen type, this mutation also reduces sweat production.
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
The secretion of the external auditory meatus, mixed with the secretion of the neighboring glands or ceruminous glands, forms the well known ear-wax or cerumen.
From Philosophy of Osteopathy by A. T. (Andrew Taylor) Still
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