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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 a Wen look like?

   • It is described as a wen by the aquarists. Their wen is also susceptible to injury from rough objects placed in their residence. As cysts are commonly mobile masses on the skin, the charm is written to the wen itself, asking it to leave. Sometimes the wen grows enormously covering its eye. A wen is a sebaceous cyst.

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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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   Learn the meaning of wen as a noun for a skin cyst or a runic letter. See the etymology, history, and usage examples of wen 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 wen in a sentence, see examples from literature and find translations in different languages.

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   WEN can mean a sebaceous cyst, a large city, or a rune. Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of WEN with examples and quizzes.

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   wen is an old word for a lump or tumour on the body, especially on the head or throat. It comes from Old English wiþ and has various meanings and uses in different contexts.

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   Wen can mean a harmless cyst of the skin, a large overcrowded city, or a rune in some languages. Find out the origin, synonyms, and usage of wen in different contexts and languages with The Free Dictionary.

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   Mar 15, 2019 · “Wen” to Address your Scalp Cyst. Pilar cysts, also known as trichilemmal cysts or wens, are a type of relatively common cyst found primarily on the scalp, though they may also occur elsewhere on the body. These cysts occur more often in women than men, and may be related to a genetic inheritance.