aurilave

noun — 2 senses

aurilave

noun
1

An instrument for cleansing the ear, consisting of a small piece of sponge on an ivory or bone handle.

2

An ear-brush.

  • 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-wax1879, ?, The American Journal of Otology:

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