WEN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

pilar cyst; sebaceous cyst; steatocystoma; wen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("wen" is a kind of...):

cyst (a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wen"):

chalazion; Meibomian cyst (a small sebaceous cyst of the eyelid resulting when a Meibomian gland is blocked)