wax

wax ¹

 (wăks)

n.

1.

a. Any of various natural, oily or greasy heat-sensitive substances, consisting of hydrocarbons or esters of fatty acids that are insoluble in water but soluble in nonpolar organic solvents.

b. Beeswax.

c. Earwax.

2.

a. A solid plastic or pliable liquid substance, such as ozocerite or paraffin, originating from petroleum and found in rock layers and used in paper coating, as insulation, in crayons, and often in medicinal preparations.

b. A preparation containing wax used for polishing floors and other surfaces.

3. A resinous mixture used by shoemakers to rub on thread.

4. A cosmetic procedure in which facial or body hair is removed by peeling away a layer of wax that has been allowed to harden.

adj.

Made of wax: a wax candle.

tr.v. waxed, wax·ing, wax·es

1. To coat, treat, or polish with wax.

2.

a. To remove (facial or body hair) by covering the skin with a layer of wax that is peeled off after hardening, uprooting the encased hairs.

b. To remove hair from (a portion of the body) by this method.

Idiom:

on wax

Informal In the medium of phonograph recordings.

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[Middle English, from Old English weax.]

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wax ²

 (wăks)

intr.v. waxed, wax·ing, wax·es

1. To increase gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity: "His love affair with Mrs. Bernstein waxed and waned and waxed again" (C. Hugh Holman).

2. To show a progressively larger illuminated area, as the moon does in passing from new to full.

3.

a. To grow or become as specified: "His very body had waxed old in lowly service of the Lord" (James Joyce).

b. To speak or write as specified: "[He] warmed to his most favorite of subjects, waxed eloquent, gained in his face a glow of passion" (Paul J. Willis).

Phrasal Verb:

wax on

To speak or write at length about something: "Mason waxed on and on about the old days" (Jennifer Cruisie).

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[Middle English waxen, from Old English weaxan; see aug- in Indo-European roots.]

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wax ³

 (wăks)

n. Chiefly British

A fit of anger: "All at once you would suddenly find yourself reverting to childish attitudes, flaring up in a wax with some fellow" (Frank O'Connor).

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[Perhaps from wax (as in archaic to wax angry, to grow angry).]

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wax

(wæks)

n

1. (Elements & Compounds) any of various viscous or solid materials of natural origin: characteristically lustrous, insoluble in water, and having a low softening temperature, they consist largely of esters of fatty acids

2. (Elements & Compounds) any of various similar substances, such as paraffin wax or ozocerite, that have a mineral origin and consist largely of hydrocarbons

3. (Elements & Compounds) short for beeswax, sealing wax

4. (Physiology) physiol another name for cerumen

5. (Elements & Compounds) a resinous preparation used by shoemakers to rub on thread

6. (Pharmacology) bone wax a mixture of wax, oil, and carbolic acid applied to the cut surface of a bone to prevent bleeding

7. any substance or object that is pliable or easily moulded: he was wax in the hands of the political bosses.

8. (modifier) made of or resembling wax: a wax figure.

9. (Hairdressing & Grooming) the act or an instance of removing body hair by coating it with warm wax, applying a strip of fabric, and then removing the fabric sharply, thereby plucking the hairs out by their roots

vb

10. (tr) to coat, polish, etc, with wax

11. (Hairdressing & Grooming) to remove (body hair) by means of a wax treatment

[Old English weax, related to Old Saxon, Old High German wahs, Old Norse vax]

ˈwaxer n

ˈwaxˌlike adj

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wax

(wæks)

vb (intr)

1. to become larger, more powerful, etc

2. (Astronomy) (of the moon) to show a gradually increasing portion of illuminated surface, between new moon and full moon. Compare wane¹

3. archaic to become as specified: the time waxed late.

[Old English weaxan; related to Old Frisian waxa, Old Saxon, Old High German wahsan, Gothic wahsjan]

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wax

(wæks)

n

informal old-fashioned Brit a fit of rage or temper: he's in a wax today.

[of obscure origin; perhaps from the phrase to wax angry]

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wax¹

(wæks)

n.

1. Also called beeswax. a solid, yellowish, nonglycerine substance allied to fats and oils, secreted by bees in constructing their honeycomb, used in making candles, casts, ointments, etc.

2. any of various similar substances, as spermaceti or the secretions of certain insects and plants.

3. any of a group of substances composed of hydrocarbons, alcohols, fatty acids, and esters that are solid at ordinary temperatures.

4. cerumen; earwax.

5. a resinous substance used by shoemakers for rubbing thread.

6. sealing wax.

7. Slang. a phonograph record.

v.t.

8. to rub, polish, etc., with wax.

9. Slang. to defeat decisively; drub: We waxed the competition.

10. Slang. to make a phonograph recording of.

adj.

11. pertaining to, made of, or resembling wax.

[before 900; Middle English wex, waxe, Old English weax, c. Old Saxon, Old High German wahs, Old Norse vax, Old Church Slavonic voskŭ, Lithuanian vãškas]

wax′a•ble, adj.

wax²

(wæks)

v.i.

1. to increase in extent, quantity, intensity, power, etc.

2. (of the moon) to increase in the extent of its illuminated portion before the full moon. Compare wane (def. 4).

3. to grow or become: to wax resentful.

[before 900; Middle English; Old English weaxan to grow, wax, c. Old Saxon, Old High German wahsan, Old Norse vaxa, Gothic wahsjan; akin to waist]

wax³

(wæks)

n. Brit.

a fit of anger.

[1850–55]

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wax

(wăks)

Any of various solid, usually yellow substances that melt or soften easily when heated. Waxes are produced in nature by various animals and plants, or are made artificially. They are similar to fats, but are less greasy and more brittle.

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Wax

cerography

1. the art or process of writing or engraving on wax.
2. Rare. the art or process of making paintings with colors mixed with beeswax and fixed with heat; encaustic painting. — cerographist, n. — cero-graphic, cerographical, adj.

ceromancy

a form of divination involving dropping melted wax into water.

ceroplastics

the art of modeling with wax. — ceroplastic, adj.

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wax

Past participle: waxed
Gerund: waxing

Imperative

wax

wax

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wax - any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water bayberry tallow, bayberry wax - a fragrant green wax obtained from the wax myrtle and used in making candles carnauba, carnauba wax - hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes candelilla wax - a hard brown wax that occurs as a coating on candelilla shrubs ceresin - a white wax extracted from ozokerite floor wax - a preparation containing wax and used to polish and preserve the finish of floors fig wax, gondang wax - a hard cream-colored wax obtained from a Javanese fig tree Japan tallow, Japan wax - a yellow wax obtained from sumac berries; used in polishes lipid, lipide, lipoid - an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates) montan wax - a hard wax obtained from lignite pisang wax - a wax obtained from the leaves of a plantain paraffin scale, scale wax - partly refined paraffin wax ski wax - wax used on the bottom of skis beeswax - a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs cerumen, earwax - a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal paraffin, paraffin wax - from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings spermaceti - a white waxy substance from oil of the sperm whale vegetable wax - a waxy substance obtained from plants (especially from the trunks of certain palms) lac wax, shellac wax - a hard wax separated from shellac by its insolubility in alcohol
Verb	1.	wax - cover with wax; "wax the car"   beeswax - cover with beeswax; "Chris beeswaxed the kitchen table" cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"
	2.	wax - go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" mount, climb, rise jump - increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight" increase - become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased" gain, advance - rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points today" wane - become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned"
	3.	wax - increase in phase; "the moon is waxing" full increase - become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased" wane - decrease in phase; "the moon is waning"

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wax

verb

1. increase, rise, grow, develop, mount, expand, swell, enlarge, fill out, magnify, get bigger, dilate, become larger Portugal and Spain had vast empires which waxed and waned.
increase contract, decline, narrow, fade, shrink, diminish, decrease, dwindle, lessen, wane

2. become fuller, become larger, enlarge, get bigger One should plant seeds and cuttings when the moon is waxing.

3. become, get, grow, come to be, turn He waxed eloquent about the discovery of new worlds.

wax lyrical enthuse, rave, gush, get carried away, become enthusiastic He waxed lyrical about the loyalty of his employees.

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wax

verb

1. To make or become greater or larger:

aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build, build up, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, grow, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, proliferate, rise, run up, snowball, soar, swell, upsurge.

Informal: beef up.

2. To come to be:

become, come, get, grow, turn (out).

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Translations

شَمْعشَمْع الأذُنشَمْع الخَتْمشَمْعي، مَصْنوع من الشَّمْعمادَّةٌ شَمْعِيَّه لِتَلْميع الأثاث

восък

vosk

voksvoksebivoksørevokssegllak

WachswachsenzunehmenepilierenOhrenschmalz

κερί

vaksa

ceraencerarlacrecrecer (moon)

poonimisvahavaha

vahavahatakasvaapoistaasavikiekko

cirecirercroîtredevenirgrandir

vosak

viasz

lilinmalam

vaxvaxa, aukast, stækkavaxbera, bónaeyrnamergurgljávax, bón

ceracrescerediventaredare la ceradivenire

蝋

밀랍

cera

augtaugt un diltievaskotsērsspodrināšanas ziede

waswassen

voksboningsmiddelpoleringsmiddel

wosk

cera

cearăcera

воск

dorastaťušný mazvoskvoskovať

vosek

vax

ขี้ผึ้ง

mumbal mumubalmumubüyümekcilâ

sáp ong

上光蜡变大或增加月亮渐圆用蜡抛光耳垢

wax

¹ [wæks]

A. N → cera f; (in ear) → cera f (de los oídos), cerumen m, cerilla f

B. ADJ → de cera

C. VT [+ furniture, car] → encerar

D. CPD wax paper N → papel m encerado
wax seal N → sello m de lacre

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wax

² [wæks] VI [moon] → crecer
to wax and wane → crecer y decrecer
to wax enthusiastic (o.f. or hum) → entusiasmarse
to wax eloquent about sth → ponerse elocuente acerca de algo
see also lyrical

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wax

[ˈwæks]

n (= candle wax, beeswax) → cire f

(for skis) → fart m

vt [+ floor, furniture] → cirer; [+ car] → lustrer

vi

[moon] → croître
to wax and wane [moon] → croître et décroître; [support, interest, love] → grandir pour finir par retomberwax bean n (US) → haricot m beurre invwaxed cotton n → coton m huiléwaxed jacket n → ciré mwaxed paper n → papier m paraffiné

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wax

:

wax bean

n (US) → Wachsbohne f

wax candle

n → Wachskerze f

wax doll

n → Wachspuppe f

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wax

:

wax museum

n (esp US) → Wachsfigurenkabinett nt

wax paper

n → Wachspapier nt

waxwork

n → Wachsfigur f

waxworks

n sing or pl → Wachsfigurenkabinett nt

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wax

¹

n → Wachs nt; (= ear wax) → Ohrenschmalz nt; (= sealing wax) → Siegellack m

adj → Wachs-; wax crayon → Wachsmalstift m

vt car, furniture → wachsen; floor → bohnern; moustache → wichsen; legs → mit Wachs behandeln

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wax

²

vi

(moon) → zunehmen; to wax and wane (fig) → schwanken, kommen und gehen

(liter: = become) → werden; to wax enthusiastic → in Begeisterung geraten ? lyrical

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wax

¹ [wæks]

1. n → cera; (for skis) → sciolina; (in ear) → cerume m

2. adj → di cera

3. vt (furniture, car) → dare la cera a; (skis) → sciolinare

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wax

² [wæks] vi (moon) → crescere
to wax enthusiastic → diventare entusiasta
to wax eloquent about sth → diventare infervorato/a nel parlare di qc

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wax¹

(wӕks) noun

1. the sticky, fatty substance of which bees make their cells; beeswax. was شَمْع восък cera vosk das Wachs bivoks κερίcera vaha موم vaha cireשעווה मोम vosak viasz malam (bÿflugna)vax cerume 密ろう 밀랍(蜜蠟) vaškas vasks lilin wasvokswosk موم ژاوله، دغوږ خيرې: لاك cera ceară воск vosk vosek vosak bivax ขี้ผึ้ง bal mumu 蜂蠟 віск شہد کی مکھیوں کا لعاب جس سب وہ چھتا بناتی ہیں sáp ong 蜂蜡

2. the sticky, yellowish substance formed in the ears. was شَمْع الأذُن ушна кал cera ušní maz das Ohrenschmalz ørevoks κυψελίδα cera kõrvavaik چرك گوش vaikku cireשעווה कान की मैल cerumen, ušna maz fülzsír kerak telinga eyrnamergur cera 耳あか 귀지 siera sērs (ausī) tahi telinga oorsmeerørevoks woskowina موم cera cerumen ушная сера ušný maz ušesno maslo vosak öronvax ขี้หู kulak kiri 耳垢 вушна сірка کان کے اندر خارج ہونے والا مادہ ráy tai 耳垢

3. a manufactured, fatty substance used in polishing, to give a good shine. furniture wax. was مادَّةٌ شَمْعِيَّه لِتَلْميع الأثاث блясък cera vosk das Wachs voks; -voks παρκετίνη cera poonimisvaha واكس vaha cireשעווה चमकीला बनाने के लिए इस्तेमाल में आने वाला पदार्थ vosak fényező poles gljávax, bón cera ワックス 왁스 vaškas, politūra vasks; spodrināšanas ziede pengilat boenwas polerings-/boningsmiddel politura ژاوله cera ceară de mobilă полироль vosk vosek vosak möbel-, bonvax ยาขัดเงา cilâ 上光蠟 віск لءی sáp để đánh bóng 上光蜡

4. (also adjective) (also ˈcandle-wax) (of) a substance made from paraffin, used in making candles, models etc, that melts when heated. a wax model. was شَمْعي، مَصْنوع من الشَّمْع восък cera voskový das Wachs, Wachs-... voks; voks- κερί, κέρινος cera küünlavaha پارافين vaha- cireשעווה मोम vosak, voštani viasz lilin kertavax cera; di cera* ろう 초의 재료 vaško vasks lilin wasvokswosk ژاوله cera de/în ceară воск; восковои voskový vosek; voščen voštani vax เทียนขี้ผึ้ง mum 蠟的 свічний парафін موم sáp để làm nến 蜡的

5. sealing-wax. was شَمْع الخَتْم червен восък lacre pečetní vosk der Siegellack segllak βουλοκέρι lacre pitserivaha لاك مخصوص مهر و موم sinettilakka cire à cacheterשעווה लाख pečatni vosak pecsétviasz lak innsiglunarvax ceralacca 封ろう 봉랍(封蠟) lakas zīmoglaka lilin zegellaksegllakk lak د موم څخه جوړ شوي لاك lacre ceară pentru sigilii сургуч pečatný vosk pečatni vosek vosak za pečat sigillack ครั่งสำหรับประทับตราเอกสาร mühür mumu 封蠟 сургуч گوند xi gắn 蜡封

verb

to smear, polish or rub with wax. was يَصْقُل بالشَّمْع намазвам с восък encerar voskovat wachsen vokse παρκετάρωencerar vahatama واكس زدن vahata cirer לִמרוֹחַ שַעֲווָה मोम लगाना premazati voskom fényesít memoles vaxbera, bóna incerare, dare la cera* ろうを塗る 밀랍(왁스)을 먹이다 vaškuoti []vaskot menggilap met was behandelen smøre, polere, bone woskować غټيدل، لوبيدل، زيانتيدل (لكه په زور، علم، شمير، سپوږمى): كيدل encerar a ce­rui вощить voskovať navoščiti voskirati vaxa, bona, polera ขัดด้วยขี้ผึ้ง cilâlamak 用蠟拋光 вощити موم کی تہ لگانا đánh bóng bằng sáp 用蜡抛光

waxed adjective

having a coating of wax. waxed paper. wasbedek مُشَمَّع، مَطْلي بالشَّمْع восъчна хартия encerado voskovaný Wachs-... vokspapir αλειμμένος με κερί encerado vaha- واكسي vahapintainen ciré מכוסה שעווה मोम लगा voštani viaszos berlapis lilin vaxborinn paraffinato ろう引きの 밀랍을 바른 vaškinis, vaškuotas vaska-; vaskots disaluti lilin was- voks-, vokset woskowany واکسی encerado cerat вощёный voskovaný voščen voskiran vaxad ที่เคลือบด้วยขี้ผึ้ง yağlı, mumlu 塗蠟的 навощений موم کی تہ لگا ہوا bôi sáp 涂蜡的

ˈwaxen, ˈwaxy adjective

wasagtig شَمْعي восъчен de cera / feito de cera voskový wie Wachs voksagtig; bleg κέρινος de cera, céreo vahane رنگ پريده vahamainen cireux עַשׂוּי שַעֲווָה मोमी voštan, gladak viaszból való berlilin vaxkenndur, eins og vax di cera, cereo ろうの 밀랍으로 된 vaškinis, vaškuotas, vaško vaska-; vaskots yang diperbuat seperti lilin, seperti lilin wassenvoksaktig, –blek woskowy دمومو، مومى: موم ډوله، موم وزمه، نرم de cera de ceară восковой voskový voščen voštan gjord av vax, vaxartad, vaxlik ทำด้วยขี้ผึ้ง; ทาด้วยขี้ผึ้ง mumlu 蠟製的 восковий مومی giống như sáp 蜡制的

ˈwaxwork noun

a wax model (usually of a well-known person). waswerk, wasmodel تِمثال من الشَّمْع восъчен модел figura de cera vosková figurína die Wachsfigur voksfigur κέρινο ομοίωμα figura de cera vahakuju مجسمه مومي vahanukke statue en cire דְמוּיוֹת שַעֲווָה प्रसिद्ध व्यक्ति का मोम का पुतला बनाना voštana figura viaszfigura patung lilin vaxmynd (modello/statua di cera) ろう人形 밀랍 인형 vaško figūra vaska figūra patung daripada lilin wassen beeld voksfigur/-arbeid figura woskowa له مومو جوړه شوې مجسمه، دموم دمجسمو نندارتون figura de cera statuetă/figură de ceară восковая фигура vosková figurína voščena figura voštana figura vaxfigur หุ่นขี้ผึ้ง balmumu heykel 蠟像 воскова фігура مشہور شخصیتوں کے مومی مجسمے thuật nặn hình bằng sáp 蜡像

ˈwaxworks noun plural

an exhibition of such models. wasmodeluitstalling مُتْحَف تَماثيل الشَّمْع изложба на восъчни фигури museu de cera muzeum voskových figurín das Wachsfigurenkabinett vokskabinet μουσείο κέρινων ομοιωμάτων museo de cera vahakujude näitus گاري مجسمه هاي مومي vahakabinetti musée de cire תַעֲרוַּכת דְמוּיוֹת שַעֲווָה प्रसिद्ध व्यक्ति का मोम का पुतलों की प्रदर्शनी izložba voštanih figura panoptikum pameran patung lilin vaxmyndasÿning/-safn (museo delle cere) ろう人形の展示 밀랍 인형관 vaško figūros vaska figūru izstāde pameran patung model lilin wassenbeeldententoonstelling vokskabinett gabinet figur woskowych د مومو څخه جوړي شوي مجسمي museu de cera muzeul figurilor de ceară галерея восковых фигур múzeum voskových figurín razstava voščenih figur izložba voštanih figura vaxkabinett นิทรรศการหุ่นขี้ผึ้ง bal mumu heykel/mumya müzesi 蠟像陳列館 галерея воскових фігур ایسے مجسموں کی نماءش triển lãm sản phẩm làm từ sáp 蜡像陈列馆

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wax²

(wӕks) verb

1. (of the moon) to appear to grow in size as more of it becomes visible. vergroot يَكْبُر، يَتَعاظَم الهِلال раста crescer dorůstat zunehmen tiltage μεγαλώνω, γεμίζωcrecer kasvama رو به بدر رفتن ماه kasvaa croître לְהִתמַלֵא बढ़ना pojačavati, razvijati se növekszik membesar vaxa, aukast, stækka crescere 満ちる (달이) 차다 pilnėti (par mēnesi) augt mengambang wassentiltaprzybywać غټيدل، لوبيدل، زيانتيدل (لكه په زور، علم، شمير، سپوږمى): كيدل crescer a creşte прибывать dorastať rasti narasti tillta, växa ดวงจันทร์ค่อย ๆ กลมเต็มดวง giderek büyümek 月盈 збільшуватися چاند کا حجم میں بڑھنا tròn dần （月亮）渐圆

2. an old word for to grow or increase. oudword يَنْمو прираст desenvolver (se) narůstat zunehmen vokse γίνομαι, αυξάνομαι, αναπτύσσομαιcrecer kasvama كم كم بزرگ شدن kasvaa croître לִגדוֹל povećavati se nő meningkat vaxa, aukast, stækka crescere 増大する 점점 증가하다 augti, didėti augt un dilt bertambah besar wassenvokse, øke stawać się غټيدل crescer a creşte увеличиваться narastať rasti rasti tillta, växa เพิ่มขึ้น büyümek, çoğalmak (舊語)漸漸變成或增加 збільшуватися بڑھنا یا نشو و نما پانا tăng trưởng （古语）变大或增加

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wax

→ شَمْع vosk voks Wachs κερί cera vaha cire vosak cera 蝋 밀랍 was voks wosk cera воск vax ขี้ผึ้ง balmumu sáp ong 蜡

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wax

n. cera.

1. cera producida por abejas;

2. secreción cerosa;

ear ___ → ___ del oído;

3. cerumen, sustancia de origen animal, vegetal o mineral que se emplea en preparaciones de pomadas y ceratos;

depilatory ___ → ___ depilatoria.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

wax

n cera; ear — cerumen m (form), cera de los oídos

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