Earwax


[eer-waks] /ˈɪərˌwæks/

noun
1.
a yellowish, waxlike secretion from certain glands in the external auditory canal; cerumen.
/ˈɪəˌwæks/
noun
1.
the nontechnical name for cerumen
n.

late 14c., from ear (n.1) + wax (n.).

earwax ear·wax (ēr’wāks’)
n.
A waxlike secretion of certain glands lining the canal of the external ear; cerumen.

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