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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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
The growth of two fungi commonly present in otomycosis was also significantly inhibited by human cerumen.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
In wet-type cerumen at least, these lipids include cholesterol, squalene, and many long-chain fatty acids and alcohols.
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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