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   Wen

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   noun

   • 1. a boil or other swelling or growth on the skin, especially a sebaceous cyst.
   • ▪ an outstandingly large or overcrowded city: "the great wen of London"

   Word Origin Old Englishwen(n), of unknown origin; compare with Low German wehne ‘tumor, wart’.

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   What does Wen mean in English?

   • : an abnormal growth or a cyst protruding from a surface especially of the skin : a runic letter used in Old English and Middle English to represent the consonant \w\ Middle English wenn, from Old English; akin to Middle Low German wene wen before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above “Wen.”

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   What does great Wen mean?

   • 2. (Human Geography) a large overcrowded city (esp London in the phrase the great wen) n. a benign encysted tumor of the skin, esp. on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter. n.

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   What is a Wen in a tree?

   • Wens are oval or round bodies, found floating loosely under the skin. 1.e. † An excrescence on a tree. Obsolete. Molluscum, the wenne of a tree. With this wood [sc. Maple] tables are couered..and other fine workes made, specially of the knobbes or wennes that growe out of it.

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   What is a wen on the throat?

   • The men and women have great wens upon their throats, with drinking the waters that passe the Mines. People having monstrous Gullets or Wenns of flesse growing to their throats. Others who have unseemly wens on the throat, as large as cocoa-nuts. The wen -necked women. 1.d. An excrescence or tumour on the body of a horse.

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   Wen is a noun that can mean an abnormal growth or a cyst on the skin, or a runic letter in Old and Middle English. Learn more about its etymology, usage, and examples from Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

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   Wen is an old word for a lump or a swelling that has grown on the skin. Learn how to use wen in sentences and see translations in different languages.

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   WEN is an old word for a sebaceous cyst, a raised part that has grown on the skin. Learn how to use it in sentences, see synonyms and compare it with other words, and find translations in different languages.

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   Wen definition: a benign encysted tumor of the skin, especially on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst.. See examples of WEN used in a sentence.

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   Wen is an old word for a lump, wart, or tumour on the body, especially on the head or throat. It can also mean a swelling on a horse or a tree. Learn more about its origin, usage, and synonyms.

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   Wen is a noun that means a harmless cyst on the skin, especially on the scalp or face, or a variant of wynn. Find out more about its origin, usage, and translations in different languages.

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   Wen is an old term for a sebaceous or epidermal cyst, or a pilar cyst. Learn the meaning, causes, and types of wen from various medical sources and dictionaries.