cerumen en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /səˈɹuːmɛn/
- (Southern-England) audio
- /səˈɹuːmən/
Etymology
From Medieval Latin caerūmen, from cera + -men. The appearance of the u is unexplained, but may have been influenced by words like albūmen and bitūmen.
Meanings
- (uncountable) Earwax.
Deriveds
ceruminous · cerumenolytic · ceruminal · cerumenolysis