wen
wen · wens
жировик
Grützbeutel, Grießknoten, Talgknoten, Fettgeschwulst
A cyst on the skin; a tumor or wartA cyst on the skin; a tumor or wart.
/wɛn/
» Ya-wen nailed her proposal yesterday. The boss kept nodding.
Meaning
1 sensesA cyst on the skin; a tumor or wart.
Grützbeutel, Grießknoten, Talgknoten
жирови́кžirovík
More definitions
- a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked
Examples
1 sentencesYa-wen nailed her proposal yesterday. The boss kept nodding.
Translations
4 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
a cyst on the skin:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a cyst on the skin:
Origin
From Middle English wen, wenne, from Old English wenn, wænn (“wen”), from Proto-Germanic *From Middle English wen, wenne, from Old English wenn, wænn (“wen”), from Proto-Germanic *wanjaz. Cognate with Dutch wen (“goiter”), Low German Ween (“wen”), dialectal German Wenne (“wen”), Danish van, væne.
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Forms
plural: wensSynonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked:sebaceous cystpilar cyststeatocystoma