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Definition of Ceruminous
1. Adjective. Relating to or secreting cerumen.
Definition of Ceruminous
1. a. Pertaining to, or secreting, cerumen; as, the ceruminous glands.
Definition of Ceruminous
1. Adjective. Having to do with cerumen (earwax). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ceruminous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Ceruminous
1. Relating to cerumen. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ceruminous
Literary usage of Ceruminous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surgical diseases of the dog and cat: With Chapters on Anaesthetics and by Frederick Thomas George Hobday (1906)
"Polypi, Tumours, and Enlarged ceruminous Glands. Symptoms. ... This is especially
the case with papillomas and enlarged ceruminous glands, ..."
2. A System of surgery v.2: Pathological, Diagnostic, Therapeutic, and Operative by Samuel David Gross (1872)
"... of the ceruminous Glands.—The glands which secrete the wax of the ear are
liable to inflammation, either from the suppression of the cutaneous ..."
3. A Text-book of Human Physiology by Austin Flint (1888)
"... and synovia—Mucous membranes and mucus— Physiological anatomy of the sebaceous,
ceruminous and Meibomian glands—Ordinary sebaceous matter —Smegma of the ..."
4. A Treatise on the Diseases of the Ear Including the Anatomy and Physiology by Thomas Mark Hovell (1894)
"... Portions of Temporal Bone corresponding with various parts of the Ear— Integument
of the Meatus; Differences in various Parts — The ceruminous (. ..."
5. The Physiological Anatomy and Physiology of Man by Robert Bentley Todd, William Bowman (1857)
"The ceruminous glands of the ear resemble in their structure those just described.
They exist in great abundance in the skin of the cartilaginous part of ..."
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