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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 canalplay

  Familiarity information: CERUMEN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CERUMEN (noun)


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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