a. [f. mod.L. cērūmin- stem of cērūmen (see prec.) + -OUS.] Of, or of the nature of, cerumen; chiefly in ceruminous glands, the glands that secrete the wax of the ear.
1801. Cooper, in Phil. Trans., XCI. 447. A discharge from the ceruminous glands.
1834. J. M. Good, Study Med. (ed. 4), II. 105. [The discharge] then ceases and is succeeded by a copious ceruminous secretion.
