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wen

UK/wɛn/ US/ˈwɛn/ fairly common

noun

1.

a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked

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Origin

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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