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- Dictionarylesion/ˈliːʒn/
noun
- 1. a region in an organ or tissue which has suffered damage through injury or disease, such as a wound, ulcer, abscess, or tumour.
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LESION definition: 1. an injury to a person's body or to an organ inside their body: 2. an injury to a person's body…. Learn more.
any pathological or traumatic discontinuity of tissue or loss of function of a part. Lesion is a broad term, including wounds, sores, ulcers, tumors, cataracts, and any other tissue damage. They range from the skin sores associated with eczema to the changes in lung tissue that occur in tuberculosis.
1. : injury, harm. 2. : an abnormal change in structure of an organ or part due to injury or disease. especially : one that is circumscribed (see circumscribe sense 1) and well defined. lesioned. ˈlē-zhənd. adjective. Examples of lesion in a Sentence.
Jun 12, 2017 · A lesion is an area of inflammation in a tissue that suffered trauma or the impact of chronic illness. Typically, a lesion involves an abnormal structural change to a tissue.
A lesion is any damage or abnormal change in the tissue of an organism, usually caused by injury or diseases. Lesion is derived from the Latin laesio meaning "injury". [1] . Lesions may occur in plants as well as animals. Types. There is no designated classification or naming convention for lesions.
LESION meaning: 1. an injury to a person's body or to an organ inside their body: 2. an injury to a person's body…. Learn more.
an injury; hurt; wound. Pathology. any localized, abnormal structural change in the body. Plant Pathology. any localized, defined area of diseased tissue, as a spot, canker, blister, or scab.
A lesion is an injury or wound to someone's body. [medicine] ...skin lesions. ...a lesion of the spinal cord. Synonyms: injury, hurt, wound, bruise More Synonyms of lesion. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency. lesion in British English. (ˈliːʒən ) noun. 1.
n. 1. an injury; hurt; wound. 2. any localized, usu. well-defined area of diseased or injured tissue or of abnormal structural change. v.t. 3. to cause a lesion or lesions in. [1425–75; < Middle French < Latin laesiō injury = Latin laed (ere) to injure + -tiō -tion]
Definition of lesion noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
