Ce-rō'mā, n.

n. [Lat. ceroma, Gr. κήρωμα, an ointment for wrestlers, the place for wrestling, from κηροῦν, to wax over, from κηρός, wax.] (Anc. Arch.) That part of the ancient baths and gymnasia in which bathers and wrestlers used to anoint themselves with a composition of oil and wax. Elmes.