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CERUMEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cerumen mean?
• CERUMEN (noun)
The noun CERUMEN has 1 sense:
1. a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal
Familiarity information: CERUMEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
cerumen; earwax
Hypernyms ("cerumen" is a kind of...):
wax (any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water)
Derivation:
ceruminous (relating to or secreting cerumen)
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