Definitions for lesion

lesion le·sion

Spelling: [lee-zhuh n]
IPA: /ˈli ʒən/

Lesion is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 141 anagrams from letters in lesion (eilnos).

Definitions for lesion

noun

  1. an injury; hurt; wound.
  2. Pathology. any localized, abnormal structural change in the body.
  3. Plant Pathology. any localized, defined area of diseased tissue, as a spot, canker, blister, or scab.

verb (used with object)

  1. to cause a lesion or lesions in.

Origin of lesion

1425-75; late Middle English Middle French Latin laesiōn- (stem of laesiō) injury, equivalent to Latin laes(us) (past participle of laedere to harm, equivalent to laed- verb stem + -tus past

Examples for lesion

The nature of the lesion appeared to vary with the direction of the wound.

But it is only a symptom, and the mind ought to be directed to the lesion and not to it.

Before operation is decided on, the site of the lesion must be determined.

There has been a strain sometime; the organ has received a lesion.

No functional disturbance, and no lesion in regard to the eyes.

Otherwise lacked discrete gross lesion, and the pulmonary vasculature was without note.

The nature of the lesion is a point of paramount importance.

Holst and Froelich described this lesion in one of their early communications.

The lesion in the lungs has disappeared, my heart is better.

If the States were sovereign, then this was a lesion of their sovereignty.

Word Value for lesion
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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