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lesion
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le·sion  (lzhn)
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, laesin-, 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
Noun1.lesionlesion - any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part
pathology - 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
abrasion, excoriation, scratch, scrape - an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
gash, slash, slice, cut - a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut"
laceration - a torn ragged wound
bite - a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person

lesion
Translations
lesion [ˈliːʒən] n (MED) → lesión f
lesion [ˈliːʒən] n (Med) → lésion f
lesion [ˈliːʒən] nVerletzung f
lesion [ˈliːʒən] n (MED) → lesione f


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Typically, a person with a unilateral loss of peripheral vestibular function will manifest a horizontal HSN, with the quick phases of the nystagmus directed toward the healthy ear and the slow phases directed toward the lesioned ear.
The North Carolina study (5) attempted to use the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) symptom-based case definition (6) to assess PEAS at remote times of fish kill or lesioned fish contact, times at which VCS data were unavailable (5).
One theory is that such use activates the lesioned hemisphere and thus improves attentional control toward contralesional space.
 
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