CERUMINOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ceruminous mean? 

• CERUMINOUS (adjective)
  The adjective CERUMINOUS has 1 sense:

1. relating to or secreting cerumen

  Familiarity information: CERUMINOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CERUMINOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or secreting cerumen

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

cerumen (a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal)

Derivation:

cerumen (a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal)

 Context examples 

Representative examples include ceruminous adenoma, polyp, and carcinoma.

(Ear Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign epithelial neoplasm derived from ceruminous glands in the external auditory canal.

(External Auditory Canal Ceruminous Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This category includes squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, and ceruminous adenocarcinoma.

(External Ear Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, and ceruminous adenocarcinoma.

(Malignant External Ear Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include ceruminous adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of the external ear and adenocarcinoma of the middle ear.

(Ear Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An adenoma or carcinoma that arises from the ceruminous glands in the external auditory canal.

(Ceruminous Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include apocrine adenoma, ceruminous adenocarcinoma, and apocrine breast carcinoma.

(Apocrine Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include ceruminous adenoma, polyp, and lipoma.

(Benign Ear Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

An infiltrating adenocarcinoma derived from ceruminous glands in the external auditory canal.

(Ceruminous Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include tubular apocrine adenoma and external auditory canal ceruminous adenoma.

(Apocrine Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)