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The yellow or brown waxy secretions produced by vestigial apocrine sweat glands in the external ear canal.

Ear-wax.

The wax-like secretion from the ceruminous glands of the ear.

A name given to the unctuous humour, similar to wax in its physical properties, which is met with in the meatus auditorius externus. It is secreted by glands, situate beneath the skin lining the meatus. It lubricates the meatus, preserves the suppleness of the lining membrane, prevents the introduction of bodies floating in the atmosphere, and by its bitterness and unctuousness prevents insects from penetrating.

Ear-wax, a secretion of the meatus of the ear.

Ear-wax; an adhesive brownish yellow secretion from the ceruminous glands of the external auditory canal.