cerumen

[si-roo-muh n] /sɪˈru mən/
noun
1.
earwax.
Origin
1735-45; < Neo-Latin, equivalent to Latin cēr(a) wax + (alb)umen albumen
Related forms
ceruminous, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for cerumen

cerumen

/sɪˈruːmɛn/
noun
1.
the soft brownish-yellow wax secreted by glands in the auditory canal of the external ear Nontechnical name earwax
Derived Forms
ceruminous, adjective
Word Origin
C18: from New Latin, from Latin cēra wax + albumen
Word Origin and History for cerumen
n.

"earwax," 1741, medical Latin cerumen, coined by Swiss anatomist Gaspard Bauhin (1560-1624) from Latin cera "wax" (see cere (n.)) on model of albumen; or else from Greek keroumenos "formed of wax."

cerumen in Medicine

cerumen ce·ru·men (sə-rōō'mən)
n.
The brownish yellow, waxy secretion of the ceruminous glands of the external auditory meatus; earwax.

ce·ru'mi·nal (-mə-nəl) or ce·ru'mi·nous (-mə-nəs) adj.