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noun

1 wen

A common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked.

synonyms: pilar cyst, sebaceous cyst, steatocystoma.

Roget 250: convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion; camber, cahot [U.S.].    thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.].    swell.    intumescence; ... show more

Roget 655: disease; illness, sickness etc. adj.; ailing &c.; all the ills that flesh is heir to" [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; ... show more

Dutch: wen
Polish: kaszak


Moby thesaurus: benign tumor, birthmark, blackhead, bleb, blemish, blister, boil, bulla, bump, bunion, callosity, callus, cancer, carbuncle, carcinoma, check, cicatrix, comedo, corn, crack ... show more.

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