[a. mod. (or ? med.) L. cērūmen, f. L. cēra wax, or ad. Gr. κηρούμενος formed of wax. Also mod.F. cérumen.] The yellow wax-like secretion in the external canal of the ear.
1741. Monro, Anat. Nerves (ed. 3), 25. The Ceramen of the Ears is of a watry Consistence.
1844. Dufton, Deafness, 87. A pellet of hardened cerumen.
