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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a lesion.

Etymologies

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lesion +‎ -like

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Examples

  • She could see them now, beyond the ring of wolves, the scene lit to brilliance by floodlights and the shimmering glow of Manhattan: dozens of Forsaken, their skin corpse-pale in the moonlight, seared by lesionlike runes.

    Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009

  • She could see them now, beyond the ring of wolves, the scene lit to brilliance by floodlights and the shimmering glow of Manhattan: dozens of Forsaken, their skin corpse-pale in the moonlight, seared by lesionlike runes.

    The Mortal Instruments: Book One: City of Bones Cassandra Clare 2007

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