cerumen
/səˈɹuːmɛn/
cerumen noun: earwax.
Noun
cerumen (uncountable)
cerumen meaning in Tamil
cerumen in Tamil
- காது மெழுகு, காதுகுரும்பை, காதுக்குடுமி, குரும்பை
Synonyms of cerumen
Origin of cerumen
From Medieval Latin caerūmen, from cera + -men. The appearance of the u is unexplained, but may have been influenced by words like albūmen and bitūmen.
Words formed from cerumen
Questions about cerumen
- What does cerumen mean?
- Cerumen means earwax.
- What is cerumen in Tamil?
- Cerumen in Tamil is காது மெழுகு, காதுகுரும்பை, காதுக்குடுமி. See Cerumen meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cerumen?
- Cerumen is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cerumen?
- Cerumen is pronounced /səˈɹuːmɛn/.
Words near cerumen in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cerumen (page history and authors); cerumen (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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