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Earwax definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

E'ARWAX, n. The cerumen; a thick viscous substance, secreted by the glands of the ear into the outer passage.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal [syn: cerumen, earwax]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century the yellow waxy secretion from the glands of the external ear — called also cerumen

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a yellow waxy secretion produced by the ear, = CERUMEN.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Earwax Ear"wax`, n. (Anat.) See Cerumen.