lesion

• læsion (archaic)

From Middle English lesioun, from Old French lesion, from Latin laesiō (“injury”), itself from laesus, perfect passive participle of laedō (“I injure, hurt”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːʒən/

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• Rhymes: -iːʒən

lesion (plural lesions)

1. (pathology) A wound or injury.
2. (medicine) An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such on a patch of skin.
3. (biochemistry) Any compound formed from damage to a nucleic acid.
4. (law) Injury or an unfair imbalance in a commutative contract wherein the consideration is less than half of the market value, which then serves as a basis for the injured party to sue to rescind the agreement.

• lese majesty, lèse majesté

lesion (third-person singular simple present lesions, present participle lesioning, simple past and past participle lesioned)

1. (transitive) To wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure.

• Elison, eloins, esloin, insole, oleins, onlies, selion

lesion (plural lesiones)

1. lesion, injury

Borrowed from Latin laesio.

lesion f (plural lesions)

1. harm; damage

Borrowed from Latin laesio.

lesion oblique singular, f (oblique plural lesions, nominative singular lesion, nominative plural lesions)

1. harm; damage