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Definition of Cerumen
1. Noun. A soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal.
Definition of Cerumen
1. n. The yellow, waxlike secretion from the glands of the external ear; the earwax.
Definition of Cerumen
1. Noun. Earwax. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cerumen
1. a waxy secretion of the ear [n -S]
Medical Definition of Cerumen
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cerumen
Literary usage of Cerumen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Ear: Including the Anatomy of by Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa (1881)
"INSPISSATED cerumen. AMONG the laity, and even in the profession, hardening of
the ear-wax is generally regarded as a very harmless affection. ..."
2. A System of Chemistry by Thomas Thomson (1817)
"^"V" cerumen is a viscid yellow-coloured liquid secreted by the glands of the
auditory canal, ... When agitated in water, cerumen forms a kind of emulsion, ..."
3. The Elements of Chemistry by Thomas Thomson (1810)
"cerumen is a viscid yellow-coloured liquid secreted by the glands of the auditory
canal, ... When agitated in water, cerumen forms a kind of emulsion, ..."
4. A System of Chemistry for the Use of Students of Medicine by Franklin Bache, Thomas Thomson (1819)
"cerumen is that orange-yellow substance, commonly cerumen of called ear wax,
which is found in the auditory canal. It is the e?r secreted by glands situated ..."
5. Diseases of the Ear by Philip Davie Kerrison (1913)
"Removal of cerumen from the Meatus.—The secretion of cerumen, ... In a certain
proportion of cases there is practical absence of cerumen so far as the eye ..."
6. Animal Chemistry with Reference to the Physiology and Pathology of Man by Johann Franz Simon (1846)
"The yellow colour of the cerumen does not belong to the fat, but to the matter
which is ... Berzelius has made the following observations on the cerumen. ..."
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