Dictionary › L › lesion
lesion
2 syllablesYour browser doesn’t have built-in voices. Try Chrome, Edge or Safari.
As a noun, lesion means a wound or injury. As a verb, it means wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure.
Meanings of lesion
7 meaningsnoun
pathologyA wound or injury.
medicineAn infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such on a patch of skin.
biochemistryAny compound formed from damage to a nucleic acid.
lawInjury or an unfair imbalance in a commutative contract wherein the consideration is less than half of the market value, which then serves as a basis for the injured party to sue to rescind the agreement.
Any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part
An injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
Similar: wound
verb
To wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).