- cerumen (n.)
[cerumen 词源字典]
- "earwax," 1741, medical Latin cerumen, coined by Swiss anatomist Gaspard Bauhin (1560-1624) from Latin cera "wax" (see cere (n.)) on model of albumen; or else from Greek keroumenos "formed of wax."[cerumen etymology, cerumen origin, 英语词源]