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LESION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("lesion" is a kind of...):

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lesion"):

tubercle (a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis)

ulcer; ulceration (a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)

Synonyms:

lesion; wound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("lesion" is a kind of...):

harm; hurt; injury; trauma (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lesion"):

raw wound (a wound that exposes subcutaneous tissue)

stigmata (marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ)

abrasion; excoriation; scrape; scratch (an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off)

cut; gash; slash; slice (a wound made by cutting)

laceration (a torn ragged wound)

bite (a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb lesion

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 Context examples: 

These epithelial lesions have a papillary, micropapillary or basally pseudostratified architecture, but are otherwise identical to PanIN-1A.

(Mouse Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia-1B, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

These mucinous epithelial lesions may be flat or papillary.

(Mouse Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia-2, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

A polypoid lesion that arises from the cervix and contains mucus.

(Mucous Polyp of Cervix, NCI Thesaurus)

The term derives from the chest X-ray image of the tiny (1-5 mm) tuberculosis lesions which are seen through out the lung parenchyma.

(Miliary Tuberculosis, NCI Thesaurus)

A tumor arising at a location distant to the primary lesion.

(Metastatic Lesion, NCI Thesaurus)

A form of aleukemic leukemia where lesions containing abnormal leukocytes can be found within the skin.

(Aleukemic Leukemia Cutis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It is a solitary, usually peripheral lung lesion.

(Alveolar Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Non-meningothelial cell neoplasms include mesenchymal, non-meningothelial tumors, hemangiopericytomas, and melanocytic lesions.

(Meningeal Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Lesions must be visible grossly (greater than 0.5mm).

(Adenoma of the Mouse Intestinal Tract, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

More age-related brain lesions were generally linked to poorer motor function.

(Physical Activity May Reduce Age-Related Movement Problems, NIH)