le·sion (l zh n)n.1. A wound or injury. 2. A localized pathological change in a bodily organ or tissue. 3. An infected or diseased patch of skin. tr.v. le·sioned, le·sion·ing, le·sions To cause a lesion to form on or in.
[Middle English lesioun, from Old French lesion, from Latin laesi , laesi n-, from laesus, past participle of laedere, to injure.] |
lesion Noun
1. any structural change in an organ or tissue resulting from injury or disease
2. an injury or wound [Late Latin laesio injury]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | lesion - any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily partpathology - any deviation from a healthy or normal condition tubercle - a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis ulcer, ulceration - a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue |
| 2. | lesion - an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. raw wound - a wound that exposes subcutaneous tissue stigmata - marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ bite - a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person |
lesion
Translationslesion [ˈliːʒən] n (
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lesión f lesion [ˈliːʒən] n (
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lésion f lesion [ˈliːʒən] n (
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lesione f