Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various pathological or traumatic changes in a bodily organ or tissue, including tumors, ulcers, sores, and wounds.
- transitive verb To cause a lesion to form on or in.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hurting; hurt; wound; injury.
- noun In civil law, the loss or injury suffered in a commutative contract by the party who does not receive an equivalent for what he gives.
- noun In pathology, any morbid change in the structure of organs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Civil Law) Loss sustained from failure to fulfill a bargain or contract.
- noun (Med.) Any morbid change in the exercise of functions or the texture of organs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
wound orinjury . - noun medicine An
infected or otherwise injured ordiseased organ or part, especially such patch ofskin . - verb transitive To wound or
injure , especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
- noun any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Kennedy did not rely on foreign law principles to definitively interpret a constitutional provision, as for example, Justice Marshall did in Eastern Airlines to interpret the term lesion corporelle.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Justice Sotomayor, Graham, and International Law 2010
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The word lesion, from the Latin for “injury,” is used very generally by physicians.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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The word lesion, from the Latin for “injury,” is used very generally by physicians.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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I had a minor skin lesion removed by a plastic surgeon in Guadalajara at a cost of about $100.
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I had a minor skin lesion removed by a plastic surgeon in Guadalajara at a cost of about $100.
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I had a minor skin lesion removed by a plastic surgeon in Guadalajara at a cost of about $100.
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I had a minor skin lesion removed by a plastic surgeon in Guadalajara at a cost of about $100.
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I had a minor skin lesion removed by a plastic surgeon in Guadalajara at a cost of about $100.
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If a lesion is suspected, more detailed imaging should be performed using a CT or MRI scan and the patient should be promptly referred to a pediatric oncologist for further management.
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I had a minor skin lesion removed by a plastic surgeon in Guadalajara at a cost of about $100.
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