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cerumen

(n): a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal
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4 months ago reesetee said:

*feels vaguely nauseated*

4 months ago chained_bear said:

Does that mean that the cholesterol in your ears is actually siphoning it off from your bloodstream? Like, the more bacon cheeseburgers you eat, the more cerumen you produce?

4 months ago frindley said:

One of the primary ingredients of earwax is cholesterol. Indeed, I read somewhere that earwax represents the highest concentration of cholesterol anywhere in the body. Is this at all comforting to those who have been told to reduce their cholesterol levels, I wonder? Probably not.

about 1 year ago reesetee said:

I kid you not. This is earstuff.

about 1 year ago chained_bear said:

Dude. I thought ear wax was just called ear wax. This doesn't *sound* like it means ear wax at all. It sounds like some kind of nice blue color, or else a substance used in drugs and obtained from plants or something. Like, a dyestuff.

Gawd, I *hope* they don't use ear wax as a dyestuff...

about 1 year ago reesetee said:

Ear wax. Yuck.

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