comb. form of L. cera or Gr. κηρός wax; as in cero-mastic, cero-mimene, cero-resin. Also the first element in many derivatives.
1804. Hatchett, in Phil. Trans., XCIV. 215. Lac may be denominated a cero-resin.
1828. S. F. Gray, Operat. Chem., 805. Ceromimene, or prepared stearine, is brilliant, white, and semi-transparent.
1884. A. J. Butler, Coptic Ch. Egypt, II. i. 28. Mixed with ceromastic.
