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ceruminiferous

ceruminiferous adjective: relating to secreting or producing cerumen (earwax).

Adjective

ceruminiferous (comparative more ceruminiferous, superlative most ceruminiferous)

  1. relating to secreting or producing cerumen (earwax)
    Synonyms:
    ceruminous

Synonyms of ceruminiferous

Forms of ceruminiferous

comparativemore ceruminiferous
superlativemost ceruminiferous

Origin of ceruminiferous

Morphologically cerumen + -iferous

Questions about ceruminiferous

What does ceruminiferous mean?
Ceruminiferous means relating to secreting or producing cerumen (earwax).
What part of speech is ceruminiferous?
Ceruminiferous is an adjective.

Words near ceruminiferous in the dictionary

  1. cerumenolysis
  2. cerumenolytic
  3. cerumenolytics
  4. cerumens
  5. ceruminal
  6. ceruminiferous
  7. ceruminolytic
  8. ceruminoma
  9. ceruminomas
  10. ceruminomata
  11. ceruminosis

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