wennoun [ C ]
/wen//wen/old usea lump (= raised part) that has grown on the skin:
He had a strange wen on his face, below the right side of his mouth.
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boil noun
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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!
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Skin complaints & blemishes
- boil
- calloused
- capillary telangiectasia
- cradle cap
- crusta lactea
- dandruff
- diaper rash
- hive
- jaundice
- jaundiced
- pimple
- pitted
- prickle
- rash
- scabby
- scar
- sinus
- spotty
- ulcerated
- verruca
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