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wen

[wen]

1. a sebaceous or epidermal inclusion cyst.

2. pilar cyst.

wen

(wen),

Old term for pilar cyst.

[A.S.]

Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

wen

(wĕn)

A harmless cyst, especially on the scalp or face, containing the fatty secretion of a sebaceous gland.

wen

An obsolete term for:
(1) Epidermal (inclusion) cyst, see there;
(2) Pilar cyst, see there;
(3) Sebaceous cyst, see there.

wen

See SEBACEOUS CYST.

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

wen

a sebaceous cyst, especially of the human scalp.

Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

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