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Lesion   /lˈiʒən/   Listen
Lesion

noun
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).  Synonym: wound.






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"Lesion" Quotes from Famous Books



... the doctor had feared, a "lesion," had taken place, and that there was no longer any hope of her life. At which she lighted up ...
— Strong Hearts • George W. Cable

... slight lesion in the grey matter, that is all; a trifling rearrangement of certain cells, a microscopical alteration that would escape the attention of ninety-nine brain specialists out of a hundred. I don't want to bother you with 'shop,' Clarke; I might ...
— The Great God Pan • Arthur Machen



Words linked to "Lesion" :   gash, harm, tubercle, ulcer, stigmata, scratch, scrape, slash, cut, hurt, abrasion, pathology, bite, excoriation, slice, injury, laceration, raw wound, ulceration, trauma



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