lesion

See also lésion

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• læsion (archaic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈliːʒən/, X-SAMPA: /"li:Z@n/
• Rhymes: -iːʒən

Noun

lesion (plural lesions)

1. A wound or injury.
2. (medicine) An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such patch of skin.

Related terms

• lese majesty, lèse majesté

Translations

a wound or an injury

• Catalan: lesió (ca) f
• Dutch: wonde (nl), verwonding (nl), kwetsuur (nl), letsel (nl) n
• Esperanto: lezo (eo)
• Finnish: vamma (fi)
• French: lésion (fr) f
• German: Verletzung (de) f, Läsion (de) f
• Italian: lesione (it) f

• Portuguese: lesão (pt) f
• Romanian: leziune (ro) f
• Russian: рана (ru) (rána) f, повреждение (ru) (povreždénije) n, (legal) телесное повреждение (ru) (telésnoje povreždénije) n
• Spanish: lesión (es)
• Turkish: lezyon (tr), yaralanma (tr)

an infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part

• Catalan: lesió (ca) f
• Czech: léze (cs) f
• Dutch: kwetsuur (nl), letsel (nl) n

• Esperanto: lezo (eo)
• French: lésion (fr) f
• Portuguese: lesão (pt) f

Verb

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.

Translations

to wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure

• Catalan: lesionar (ca)
• Dutch: kwetsen (nl), verwonden (nl)

• French: blesser (fr)

Anagrams

• insole, oleins, selion

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Middle French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin laesio.

Noun

lesion f (plural lesions)

1. harm; damage

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin laesio.

Noun

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

1. harm; damage