wen
noun [ C ] old use uk/wen/ us/wen/
皮质囊肿，表皮囊肿，粉瘤
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. 他的脸上长了一个奇怪的粉瘤，在嘴的右下角。
Compare: boil noun (SWELLING)
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- Why don't you have that wen removed? It is a very simple operation.
- Emerson urged every individual to feel God within to fortify them, and if they don’t feel that within themselves, they become like a wart or a wen.
- He was a tall, meagre man, with a nose like a wen.
- A wen is the old word for a sebaceous cyst. Don't touch them!