Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lesion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lesion \Le"sion\ (l[=e]"zh[u^]n), n. [F. l['e]sion, 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lesion
n 1: any visible abnormal structural change in a bodily part
2: any break in the skin or an organ caused by violence or
surgical incision [syn: {wound}]
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