(a.) Pertaining to, or secreting, cerumen; as, the ceruminous glands.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tumors of ceruminous gland origin appear to have a distinctive clinical behavior by virtue of their unique anatomical location in the external auditory canal.
(2) It is suggested that the term hidradenoma be used for tumours of the ceruminous glands and that they be classified histologically as (1) adenoma, (2) pleomorphic adenoma, (3) adenoid cystic carcinoma and (4) adenocarcinoma.
(3) Morphological differences between secretory cells of the wet and dry types of human ceruminous glands were examined.
(4) The term "ceruminal adenoma or adenocarcinoma" is still used by many authors.
(5) Earwax is a mixture of desquamated keratinocytes and hair combined with the secretions of both the ceruminous and the sebaceous glands of the external ear canal.
(6) Ceruminoma is a collective term applied to tumors arising from the modified apocrine (ceruminous) glands of the external auditory canal.
(7) Three histological forms of benign ceruminous gland tumours are recognised: the myoepitheliomatous, cribriform and mixed salivary type.
(8) We report a case in which primary papillary adenocarcinoma developed in the middle ear, possibly due to aberrant ceruminous gland elements.
(9) A 55 years old woman with a neoplasm originating in ceruminous glands of the external auditory canal, with temporal bone and intracranial invasion, mimicking a glomus jugulare tumor.
(10) There were five soft tissue changes: the formation of a secondary cholesteatoma, ulceration of the lining epithelium with resorption of the underlying bone, thickened epithelium in the canal as well as in the tympanic membrane, subepithelial fibrosis, and atrophic ceruminous glands.
(11) Primary tumors arising from the glandular structures of the external auditory canal (EAC) are rare, with the majority arising from the ceruminous glands.
(12) The present work describes a case of primitive ceruminous adenoma of the middle ear (6 cases have been reported in the literature) discovered during exploratory tympanotomy performed on a presumed otitis media which had not responded to medical treatment.
(13) The use of such terms as 'ceruminoma' and 'hidradenoma' should finally be abandoned, and 'ceruminous gland tumour' used instead as a generic term.
(14) Histologically, one tumour was a ceruminous adenoma and the other a rare ceruminous mixed tumour of borderline malignancy.
(15) A case of adenoid cystic carcinoma of a ceruminous gland in the external auditory meatus, treated by local excision, is presented.
(16) These morphological changes were accompanied by a secretory stimulation on the ceruminous glands which was slight in the low-dose dogs but in the majority of the high-dose dogs reached a degree that was followed by secondary acute infectious inflammation.
(17) Therapy of the ceruminous adenomas is wide excision; the treatment of carcinoma is radical block resection.
(18) A case of an adenocarcinoma of ceruminous glands located on the external auditory meatus is presented.
(19) The otitis externa was mainly a chronic proliferative inflammation characterised by hyperkeratinization, hyperplasia of the sebaceous and ceruminous glands, fibrosis and infiltration with plasma cells, lymphocytes and macrophages, often containing ceroid pigment.
(20) The results of the investigation carried out in parallel on seven human exocrine glands (pancreas, parotid gland, submandibular gland, lacrimal gland, ceruminous gland, ampulla of the vas deferens, and seminal vesicle) allow an immediate evaluation of the method and a comparative analysis of the cytologic organization of secreting cells of human exocrine glands.
Earwax
Definition:
(n.) See Cerumen.
Example Sentences:
(1) Earwax is a mixture of desquamated keratinocytes and hair combined with the secretions of both the ceruminous and the sebaceous glands of the external ear canal.
(2) This study analyzed earwax using the combination analytical technique of gas chromatography and mass spectrometry.
(3) The major organic components of earwax identified were long chain fatty acids, both saturated and unsaturated, alcohols, squalene and cholesterol.
(4) The relationship of cerumen (earwax) phenotype and age was examined in 2,618 women.
(5) The presence of foreign substances within earwax was identified as a complicating factor in the analysis of earwax.
(6) This study demonstrated that it is not currently possible to quantify statistically the substances which constitute earwax with accuracy.
(7) Indeed, there are two unpleasant facts outraged Australian progressives must face: Christine Milne is not going to be the next prime minister Justin Timberlake will never call As so, bar an unforeseen health emergency – earwax poisoning , perhaps, or a Speedo-caused rash – the leader of the next Australian federal government is going to be either Rudd or Abbott.