lesion

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: le=sion

CIDE DICTIONARY

lesion, n. [F. lésion, L. laesio, fr. laedere, laesum, to hurt, injure.].

 A hurt; an injury.  Dunglison.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

lesion, n.
1 damage.
2 injury.
3 Med. a morbid change in the functioning or texture of an organ etc.

Etymology

ME f. OF f. L laesio -onis f. laedere laes- injure

THESAURUS

lesion

abrasion, abscess, ache, aching, aposteme, bed sore, blain, bleb, blemish, blister, blow, boil, break, bubo, bulla, bunion, burn, canker, canker sore, carbuncle, chafe, chancre, chancroid, check, chilblain, chip, cold sore, concussion, crack, crackle, cramp, craze, cut, distress, dolor, eschar, felon, fester, festering, fever blister, fistula, flash burn, fracture, fray, frazzle, furuncle, furunculus, gall, gash, gathering, grief, gumboil, hemorrhoids, hurt, incision, injury, kibe, laceration, mortal wound, mutilation, nasty blow, pain, pang, papula, papule, paronychia, parulis, passion, petechia, piles, pimple, pock, polyp, puncture, pustule, rent, rip, rising, run, rupture, scab, scald, scorch, scrape, scratch, scuff, second-degree burn, shock, slash, soft chancre, sore, sore spot, spasm, stab, stab wound, stigma, stress, stress of life, stroke, sty, suffering, suppuration, swelling, tear, tender spot, third-degree burn, throes, trauma, tubercle, ulcer, ulceration, wale, welt, wheal, whelk, whitlow, wound, wounds immedicable, wrench