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glandulae ceruminosae ce·ru·mi·nous glandstubuloalveolar apocrine glands in the external auditory meatus, believed to be modified sweat glands; they secrete a waxy substance called cerumen ("earwax"). Synonym(s): glandulae ceruminosaeglan·du·lae ce·ru·mi·no·sae (glan'dyū-lē sĕ-rū-mi-nō'sē) [TA] 1. Synonym(s): ceruminous glands. 2. Tubuloalveolar glands of the external auditory meatus believed to be modified apocrine sweat glands; they secrete cerumen. |