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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."
