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

lesion 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]

lesion
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

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

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.

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

119 Moby Thesaurus words for "lesion": 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

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