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wen, benign, slow-growing, painless cyst of the skin resulting from obstruction of the sebaceous gland ducts. It is frequently found on the scalp, ears, face, back, or scrotum. Usually no treatment is required. Large wens may be surgically removed. wen1 1. Pathol a sebaceous cyst, esp one occurring on the scalp 2. a large overcrowded city (esp London in the phrase the great wen) wen2 a rune having the sound of Modern English w How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| He'll set and talk to her, with a calm spirit, wen it's like he couldn't bring himself to open his lips to another. "Belle Savage," says my father; for he stopped there wen he drove up, and he know'd nothing about parishes, he didn't. There was a fellow with a wen in his neck, larger than five wool-packs; and another, with a couple of wooden legs, each about twenty feet high. |
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