lesion
See also: lésion and lesión
English
Alternative forms
- læsion (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English lesioun, from Old French lesion, from Latin laesiō (“injury”), itself from laesus, perfect passive participle of laedō (“I injure, hurt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliːʒən/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -iːʒən
Noun
lesion (plural lesions)
- (pathology) A wound or injury.
- (medicine) An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such on a patch of skin.
- (biochemistry) Any compound formed from damage to a nucleic acid.
- (law) 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.
Derived terms
- hemilesion
- lesional
- lesionectomy
- lesionless
- lesionlike
- microlesion
- nonlesion
- Olney's lesions
- photolesion
- postlesion
- prelesion
- radiolesion
- translesion
Related terms
- lese majesty, lèse majesté
Translations
a wound or an injury
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an infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part
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injury or loss arising from an uneven contractual exchange
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Verb
lesion (third-person singular simple present lesions, present participle lesioning, simple past and past participle lesioned)
- (transitive) To wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure.
Translations
to wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure
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Anagrams
- Elison, eloins, esloin, insole, oleins, onlies, selion
Interlingua
Noun
lesion (plural lesiones)
- lesion, injury
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin laesio.
Noun
lesion f (plural lesions)
- harm; damage
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin laesio.
Noun
lesion f (oblique plural lesions, nominative singular lesion, nominative plural lesions)
- harm; damage