'Lesion' definitions:
Definition of 'lesion'
From: WordNet
noun
Any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part
noun
An injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) [syn: wound, lesion]
Definition of 'Lesion'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lesion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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