See Also: lesion(dictionary)
Lesion(health)
lesion(dictionary)
Lesion(medicine)
andersson lesion(medicine)
bright t1 lesion(medicine)
caviar lesion(medicine)
gelatinous lesion(medicine)
dark T2 lesion(medicine)
gross lesion(medicine)

lesion (iou)



lesion noun & verb. LME.
[Old & mod. French lesion from Latin laesio(n-), from laes- pa. ppl stem of laedere injure, hurt: see -ION.]
A. noun.
Injury, harm; a wound, a blemish. LME.
Orig., damage to property or rights. Now (chiefly Scots Law), injury or loss used as grounds for annulling a contract. M16.
Medicine & Biology. A pathological change in the functioning or structure of an organ, body, organism, etc. M18.
b. verb trans. Medicine & Biology. Cause a lesion or lesions in (an animal, organ, etc.). M20.