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lesion

noun
/ˈliːʒən/

Etymology

From Middle English lesioun, from Old French lesion, from Latin laesiō (“injury”), itself from laesus, perfect passive participle of laedō (“to injure, hurt”).

  1. derived from laesiō
  2. derived from lesion
  3. inherited from lesioun

Definitions

  1. A wound or injury.

  2. An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such on a patch of…

    An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such on a patch of skin.

  3. Any compound formed from damage to a nucleic acid.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Injury or an unfair imbalance in a commutative contract wherein the consideration is less…

      Injury or an unfair imbalance in a commutative contract wherein the consideration is less than half of the market value, which then serves as a basis for the injured party to sue to rescind the agreement.

    2. To wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure.

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Derived

cryolesion, hemilesion, immunolesion, indolent lesion of epithelial origin, interlesion, ipsilesional, lesional, lesionectomy, lesionless, lesionlike, microlesion, multilesion, nonlesion, Olney's lesions, perilesion, photolesion, postlesion, prelesion, pseudolesion, radiolesion, translesion

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for lesion. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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