cerumen - CISMeF

Preferred Label : cerumen;

Uberon definition : The yellow or brown waxy secretions produced by vestigial apocrine sweat glands in the external ear canal[MESH].;

Uberon synonym : earwax; ear wax;

Uberon Function note : Cerumen keeps the eardrum pliable, lubricates and cleans the external auditory canal, waterproofs the canal, kills bacteria, and serves as a barrier to trap foreign particles (dust, fungal spores, etc.) by coating the guard hairs of the ear, making them sticky.;

Details

Origin ID

0002297;

UMLS CUI

C0740486;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Cerumen [NCIt concept]
- Cerumen [FMA entity]
- Cerumen [LOINC component]
- Cerumen (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Ear wax [MedDRA LLT]
- Earwax [ICNP subject]
- Impacted cerumen [ICD-10 Sub-category]
- Wax in ear [MedDRA LLT]
- Wax in ear canal (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- cerumen [MeSH Descriptor]
- cerumen [MeSH concept]
- cerumen [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Substance [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Cerumen [FMA entity]
- Cerumen [NCIt concept]
- Cerumen [LOINC component]
- Cerumen (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Ear wax [MedDRA LLT]
- Earwax [ICNP subject]
- cerumen [MeSH concept]
- cerumen [MeSH Descriptor]
- cerumen [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- Cerumen [NCIt concept]
- Cerumen [FMA entity]
located in
- external acoustic meatus [UBERON concept]
produced by
- apocrine sweat gland [UBERON concept]
- cerumen [UBERON concept]
produces
- cerumen [UBERON concept]

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