aurilave

English

Noun

aurilave (plural aurilaves)

  1. An instrument for cleansing the ear, consisting of a small piece of sponge on an ivory or bone handle.
  2. An ear-brush.
    • 1879, ?, The American Journal of Otology:
      The patient also has used for some time an aurilave, with which he has swabbed his ear until he has packed the canal with debris of ear-wax
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