wen
wen/wen/
noun
a boil or other swelling or growth on the skin, especially a sebaceous cyst.
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ˈwen. : an abnormal growth or a cyst protruding from a surface especially of the skin. wen. 2 of 2.
British. a large, crowded city or a crowded urban district: London is the great wen of England.
a lump (= raised part) that has grown on the skin: He had a strange wen on his face, below the right side of his mouth. Compare. boil noun (SWELLING)
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a sebaceous cyst, esp one occurring on the scalp. 2. a large overcrowded city (esp London in the phrase the great wen) Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © ...
a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked.
† A lump or protuberance on the body, a knot, bunch, wart. Obsolete. Cite Historical thesaurus.
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Pronoun edit. wen. (interrogative) accusative of wer: whom (direct object). Wen hast du gefragt?
Wen definition: A benign skin tumor, esp. of the scalp, consisting of a cyst in which sebaceous matter has been retained.
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(a) A lump or an excrescence on the human body; a cyst; a wart; also, an internal swelling in an animal's body; also, a pustule [quot. a1400, 2nd]; blak ~, ?a ...
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Wen, common name for trichilemmal cyst or pilar cyst. Wen, sebaceous cyst, a form of trichilemmal cyst.