Earwax
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Description
A yellowish, waxy secretion produced from glands in the outer ear of mammals.
Synonyms and Related Terms
"cerumen (medical term, also Esp.); Ohrenschmalz (Deut.); cérumen (Fr.); cerúmen (Port.); cerume (It); ear wax
Authority
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998
- Encyclopedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com Comment: "Earwax Impaction." Encyclopædia Britannica. 18 Aug. 2004 .
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earwax (Accessed Feb. 10, 2006)