ear wax

wax (waks) a low-melting, high-molecular-weight, organic mixture or compound, similar to fats and oils but lacking glycerides; it may be deposited by insects, obtained from plants, or prepared synthetically.

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dental wax  a mixture of two or more waxes with other additives, used in dentistry for casts, construction of nonmetallic denture bases, registering of jaw relations, and laboratory work.

ear wax  cerumen.

white wax  bleached beeswax; bleached, purified wax from the honeycomb of the bee, Apis mellifera; used as a pharmaceutical stiffening agent.

yellow wax  beeswax; purified wax from the honeycomb of the bee, Apis mellifera; used as a pharmaceutical stiffening agent.

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wax [waks]

a plastic solid of plant or animal origin or produced synthetically. adj., adj wax´y.

bone wax a waxy substance used for packing small bone cavities, as in bones of the skull, and for controlling bleeding from them.

dental wax a mixture of two or more waxes with other additives, used in dentistry for casts, construction of nonmetallic denture bases, registering of jaw relations, and laboratory work.

ear wax cerumen.

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wax

a plastic solid of plant or animal origin or produced synthetically, used as a vehicle in skin dressings.

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bone wax

see bone sealant.

ear wax

cerumen.

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ear wax

Audiology A yellow secretion from glands in the outer ear–cerumen that keeps the skin of the ear dry and protected from infectionVox populi → medtalk Wax blockage, see there