Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The yellowish, waxlike secretion of certain glands lining the canal of the external ear.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Cerumen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) See
cerumen .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
waxy substancesecreted by theear .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal
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Examples
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* Linguistic aside: in German, earwax is called "Ohrenschmalz" which literally translates into "ear-lard" - giving a much better idea about the consistency of the stuff.
Book talk - Mary C. Beaudry: Findings a stitch in time 2009
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* Linguistic aside: in German, earwax is called "Ohrenschmalz" which literally translates into "ear-lard" - giving a much better idea about the consistency of the stuff.
Archive 2009-10-01 a stitch in time 2009
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The January issue of Nature Genetics reports on the identification of a gene that determines whether your earwax is dry or wet; people of African and European ancestry have predominantly wet earwax.
Boing Boing: January 29, 2006 - February 4, 2006 Archives 2006
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Excess earwax is pushed naturally to the opening of the ear canal, where it is washed away, pushed out as the cerumen glands secrete more wax and also by epithelial migration as your skin goes through its replacement cycle.
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This is "Important": The American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) will issue the first comprehensive clinical guidelines to help health care practitioners identify patients with cerumen (commonly referred to as earwax) impaction.
Archive 2008-09-01 1 Dinosaur 2008
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This is "Important": The American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) will issue the first comprehensive clinical guidelines to help health care practitioners identify patients with cerumen (commonly referred to as earwax) impaction.
Guidelines Gone Wild 1 Dinosaur 2008
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The American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) will issue the first comprehensive clinical guidelines to help health care practitioners identify patients with cerumen (commonly referred to as earwax) impaction ...
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The American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) will issue the first comprehensive clinical guidelines to help health care practitioners identify patients with cerumen (commonly referred to as earwax) impaction ...
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The American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) will issue the first comprehensive clinical guidelines to help health care practitioners identify patients with cerumen (commonly referred to as earwax) impaction ...
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The American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) will issue the first comprehensive clinical guidelines to help health care practitioners identify patients with cerumen (commonly referred to as earwax) impaction ...
frindley commented on the word earwax
See cerumen.
April 6, 2008