1.
[syn: sebaceous cyst, pilar cyst, wen, steatocystoma]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wen \Wen\ (w[e^]n), n. [AS. wenn; akin to D. wen, LG. wenne.]
(Med.)
An indolent, encysted tumor of the skin; especially, a
sebaceous cyst.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wyn \Wyn\, Wynn \Wynn\, n. Also Wen \Wen\ [AS. w[=e]n.]
One of the runes (?) adopted into the Anglo-Saxon, or Old
English, alphabet. It had the value of modern English w, and
was replaced from about a. d. 1280 at first by uu, later by
w.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
wen
n 1: a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum)
that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked
[syn: sebaceous cyst, pilar cyst, wen,
steatocystoma]