cerumen
pronunciation
How to pronounce cerumen in British English:
UK [sɪˈru:mən]
How to pronounce cerumen in American English:
US [sɪ'rumən]
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- Noun:
- a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal
Word Origin
- cerumen (n.)
- "earwax," 1741, medical Latin cerumen, coined by Swiss anatomist Gaspard Bauhin (1560-1624) from Latin cera "wax" (see cere (n.)) on model of albumen; or else from Greek keroumenos "formed of wax."
Example
- 1. It even has a medical name cerumen and there are two kinds .
- 2. For their ears , you may see only remember cleaning cerumen , forgetting exposed the auricle .
- 3. It even has a medical name : cerumen . And there are two kinds .