cerumen

/sɪˈruːmən/ (bre, ipa) · /sɪˈruːmən/ (ame, ipa) · /sə-ˈrü-mən How to pronounce cerumen (audio)/ (ame, mw)

cerumen — noun

1. the waxy material your body makes in the ear, used mainly in medical or scientif

1.名詞C2
釋義

the waxy material your body makes in the ear, used mainly in medical or scientific language.

例句

The nurse removed excess cerumen before testing Omar's hearing.

remove excess cerumen before a hearing test

A clinic note said cerumen was blocking Brooke's left ear.

cerumen blocking the ear

同義詞
  • earwax

    the everyday word people normally use outside medical settings

  • ear wax

    a common two-word spelling variant of the everyday term

文法句型

remove excess cerumen

cerumen blockage

soften the cerumen

用法筆記

Mainly used by doctors, nurses, and health information. In everyday conversation, people usually say 'earwax' instead.

常見錯誤

❌The doctor found several cerumens in my ear.
✅The doctor found a lot of cerumen in my ear.
💡In medical use, 'cerumen' is usually treated as an uncountable noun.