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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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
In wet-type cerumen at least, these lipids include cholesterol, squalene, and many long-chain fatty acids and alcohols.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
In addition to affecting cerumen type, this mutation also reduces sweat production.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
A question arises—and stands without an answer—is this substance which is commonly called ear-wax, technically called cerumen, is it dead or is it alive while in this form and visible?
From Philosophy of Osteopathy by A. T. (Andrew Taylor) Still
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