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yellow wax

noun

Medical Definition of YELLOW WAX

:  a wax obtained as a yellow to brown solid by melting a honeycomb with boiling water, straining, and cooling and used especially in polishes, modeling, ointments, and making patterns—called also beeswax, cera flava

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