cerumen

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/səˈɹuːmɛn/
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/səˈɹuːmɛn/ · /səˈɹuːmən/

Definition of cerumen

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)Earwax.

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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.

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