ear candling

noun

An alternative medicine practice supposed to assist the natural clearing of earwax from a person's ear, involving lighting one end of a hollow candle and placing the other end in the ear canal.

Similar
ear coningthermal-auricular therapy
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Meanings

nounear candling (uncountable)
  1. uncountablealternative medicineAn alternative medicine practice supposed to assist the natural clearing of earwax from a person's ear, involving lighting one end of a hollow candle and placing the other end in the ear canal.

    Synonyms: ear coning, thermal-auricular therapy

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn alternative medicine practice supposed to assist the natural clearing of earwax from a person's ear, involving lighting one end of a hollow candle and placing the other end in the ear canal.

Similar
ear coningthermal-auricular therapy
Also see
ear coning

Origin

From ear candle + -ing.

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ear candling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ear%20candling

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“ear candling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ear%20candling. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ear candling,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ear%20candling.

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