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Webster 1913 Edition


Lesion

Le′sion

(lē′zhŭn)
,
Noun.
[F.
lésion
, 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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Lesion

LE'SION

,
Noun.
le'zhun. [L. lasio, from lado, to hurt.]
A hurting; hurt; wound; injury.

Definition 2024


lesion

lesion

See also: lésion and lesión

English

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Noun

lesion (plural lesions)

  1. A wound or injury
  2. (medicine) An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such patch of skin
  3. (biochemistry) Any compound formed from damage to a nucleic acid

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Verb

lesion (third-person singular simple present lesions, present participle lesioning, simple past and past participle lesioned)

  1. (transitive) To wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure.

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Middle French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin laesio.

Noun

lesion f (plural lesions)

  1. harm; damage

Old French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin laesio.

Noun

lesion f (oblique plural lesions, nominative singular lesion, nominative plural lesions)

  1. harm; damage