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noun
- 1. a region in an organ or tissue which has suffered damage through injury or disease, such as a wound, ulcer, abscess, or tumour.
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LESION definition: 1. an injury to a person's body or to an organ inside their body: 2. an injury to a person's body…. Learn more.
lesion. any pathological or traumatic discontinuity of tissue or loss of function of a part. Lesion is a broad term, including wounds, sores, ulcers, tumors, cataracts, and any other tissue damage. They range from the skin sores associated with eczema to the changes in lung tissue that occur in tuberculosis.
1. : injury, harm. 2. : an abnormal change in structure of an organ or part due to injury or disease. especially: one that is circumscribed (see circumscribesense 1) and well defined. lesioned. ˈlē-zhənd. adjective. Examples of lesion in a Sentence.
A lesion is any damage or abnormal change in the tissue of an organism, usually caused by injury or diseases. Lesion is derived from the Latin laesio meaning "injury". [1] . Lesions may occur in plants as well as animals. Types. There is no designated classification or naming convention for lesions.
Lesion definition: an injury; hurt; wound.. See examples of LESION used in a sentence.
an injury to a person's body or to an organ inside their body: skin / brain lesions. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Injuring and injuries. at-risk. battered child syndrome. battered woman syndrome. be in the wars idiom. bite. eviscerate. first degree. flesh wound. fourth degree. gash. granulate. incapacitate. insult. pi. pull.
Definition of lesion noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A lesion is an injury or wound to someone's body. [medicine] ...skin lesions. ...a lesion of the spinal cord. Synonyms: injury, hurt, wound, bruise More Synonyms of lesion. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency. lesion in British English. (ˈliːʒən ) noun. 1.
A lesion is an injury to the living tissue on your body, like your skin or an organ. Usually a lesion involves a break or wound to the skin, so protect it with a bandage so that it heals quickly.
n. 1. (Pathology) any structural change in a bodily part resulting from injury or disease. 2. (Pathology) an injury or wound. [C15: via Old French from Late Latin laesiō injury, from Latin laedere to hurt]
