Lesion

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  • noun. Any of various pathological or traumatic changes in a bodily organ or tissue, including tumors, ulcers, sores, and wounds.
  • transitive verb. To cause a lesion to form on or in.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A hurting; hurt; wound; injury.
  • noun. In civil law, the loss or injury suffered in a commutative contract by the party who does not receive an equivalent for what he gives.
  • noun. In pathology, any morbid change in the structure of organs.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Loss sustained from failure to fulfill a bargain or contract.
  • noun. Any morbid change in the exercise of functions or the texture of organs.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A wound or injury.
  • noun. An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such patch of skin.
  • verb. To wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
  • noun. any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part
  • Word Usage
    "Kennedy did not rely on foreign law principles to definitively interpret a constitutional provision, as for example, Justice Marshall did in Eastern Airlines to interpret the term lesion corporelle."
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