Meaning of LESION
| Pronunciation: | | 'leezhun
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- [n] any visible abnormal structural change in a bodily part
- [n] any break in the skin or an organ caused by violence or surgical incision
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| | Synonyms: | | wound |
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| | See Also: | | abrasion, bite, cut, excoriation, gash, harm, hurt, injury, laceration, pathology, raw wound, scrape, scratch, slash, slice, stigmata, trauma, tubercle, ulcer, ulceration | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | an injury or wound. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A part of a tissue which has been structurally changed due to disease, usually including a fissure or small wound. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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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