Adjacent Words

Lesion definitions

	Tweet

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LE'SION, n. le'zhun. [L. lasio, from lado, to hurt.]
A hurting; hurt; wound; injury.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part
2: an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) [syn: wound, lesion]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin laesion-, laesio, from laedere to injure Date: 15th century 1. injury, harm 2. an abnormal change in structure of an organ or part due to injury or disease; especially one that is circumscribed and well defined • lesioned adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 damage. 2 injury. 3 Med. a morbid change in the functioning or texture of an organ etc. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L laesio -onis f. laedere laes- injure

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lesion Le"sion (l[=e]"zh[u^]n), n. [F. l['e]sion, L. laesio, fr. laedere, laesum, to hurt, injure.] A hurt; an injury. Specifically: (a) (Civil Law) Loss sustained from failure to fulfill a bargain or contract. --Burrill. (b) (Med.) Any morbid change in the exercise of functions or the texture of organs. --Dunglison.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(lesions) A lesion is an injury or wound to someone's body. (MEDICAL) ...skin lesions. ...a lesion of the spinal cord. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. (Med.) Injury, hurt, disorder, derangement, morbid change.

Moby Thesaurus

abrasion, abscess, ache, aching, aposteme, bed sore, blain, bleb, blemish, blister, blow, boil, break, bubo, bulla, bunion, burn, canker, canker sore, carbuncle, chafe, chancre, chancroid, check, chilblain, chip, cold sore, concussion, crack, crackle, cramp, craze, cut, distress, dolor, eschar, felon, fester, festering, fever blister, fistula, flash burn, fracture, fray, frazzle, furuncle, furunculus, gall, gash, gathering, grief, gumboil, hemorrhoids, hurt, incision, injury, kibe, laceration, mortal wound, mutilation, nasty blow, pain, pang, papula, papule, paronychia, parulis, passion, petechia, piles, pimple, pock, polyp, puncture, pustule, rent, rip, rising, run, rupture, scab, scald, scorch, scrape, scratch, scuff, second-degree burn, shock, slash, soft chancre, sore, sore spot, spasm, stab, stab wound, stigma, stress, stress of life, stroke, sty, suffering, suppuration, swelling, tear, tender spot, third-degree burn, throes, trauma, tubercle, ulcer, ulceration, wale, welt, wheal, whelk, whitlow, wound, wounds immedicable, wrench