cerumen

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• The results indicated that impacted cerumen does cause a significant degree of conductive hearing loss.

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• At that time, the cerumen was removed in one piece under direct vision or with otomicroscopic guidance.

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• The length of the removed cerumen plug was measured with calipers.

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• The consequences of cerumen impaction can be divided into two major types: medical and audiologic.

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• No standard system exists to classify the degree of ear blockage caused by cerumen.

  Academic text (2006)

• Earwax, technically called cerumen, forms in our outer ear canals.

• Audiologically, cerumen occlusion adversely affects audiometric test results in some cases and prevents testing in others.

  Academic text (2006)

• I need to remove some cerumen from my ears because it's affecting my hearing.

• After evaluating his symptoms, the doctor found that excessive cerumen buildup was the cause of his discomfort.

• Using a cotton swab, she carefully cleaned the cerumen that had accumulated in her ear canal.

Synonyms

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earwax

vscerumen

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A yellowish, waxy substance in the ear that protects and cleans it

is the technical or scientific term for the same substance

Surface Forms

Etymology