Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cerumenolytic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ceru-menolyt-ic
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chemical that softens or removes cerumen (earwax).

adj

Of or relating to cerumenolysis, the process of softening cerumen (earwax) for removal.

Etymology

From cerumen + -lytic.

Inflected Forms

cerumenolytics (plural) more cerumenolytic (comparative) most cerumenolytic (superlative)

Questions

What does cerumenolytic mean?: A chemical that softens or removes cerumen (earwax).
Where does cerumenolytic come from?: From cerumen + -lytic.

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