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" The lesion is in the area of my brain that is responsible for motor function, so I have continual chronic pain in my left arm from elbow to fingertips and the right side of my body from my ear to my breast area."
Karen Duffy

Meaning of "lesion" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LESION

Via Old French from Late Latin laesiō injury, from Latin laedere to hurt.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF LESION

ˈliːʒən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LESION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lesion is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LESION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lesion

A lesion is any abnormality in the tissue of an organism, usually caused by disease or trauma. Lesion is derived from the Latin word laesio meaning injury.

Definition of lesion in the English dictionary

The definition of lesion in the dictionary is any structural change in a bodily part resulting from injury or disease. Other definition of lesion is an injury or wound.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LESION

adhesion · Austronesian · cohesion · conclusion · confusion · delusion · diffusion · Ephesian · exclusion · extrusion · ferromagnesian · Friesian · fusion · illusion · inclusion · infusion · inhesion · intrusion · Polynesian · transfusion

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LESION

lesbian · lesbianism · lesbic · lesbo · Lesbos · lese-majesty · Lesotho · lespedeza · less · less of · lessee · lesseeship · lessen · lessening · Lesseps · lesser · lesser anteater · lesser Antillean iguana · Lesser Antilles · lesser celandine

WORDS THAT END LIKE LESION

admission · commission · conversion · decision · depression · discussion · division · expression · extension · mission · occasion · passion · permission · session · submission · suspension · television · transmission · version · vision

Synonyms and antonyms of lesion in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LESION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «lesion» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «lesion» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LESION

Find out the translation of lesion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of lesion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lesion» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

伤害
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

lesión
570 millions of speakers
en

English

lesion
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

घाव
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الآفة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

поражение
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

lesão
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ক্ষত
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

lésion
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Luka
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Verletzung
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

損傷
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

상해
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Lesion
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tổn thương
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

சிதைவின்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

जखम
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

yara
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

lesione
65 millions of speakers
pl

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uszkodzenie
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

поразка
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

leziune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βλάβης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

letsel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lesion
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lesjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lesion

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lesion

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3 QUOTES WITH «LESION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lesion.
1
Karen Duffy
The lesion is in the area of my brain that is responsible for motor function, so I have continual chronic pain in my left arm from elbow to fingertips and the right side of my body from my ear to my breast area.
2
Eric Kandel
If you have a lesion in the hippocampus in both sides, you have short term memory, but you can convert that short term memory into long term memory.
3
Rob Sheffield
Sending Paris Hilton to jail for being the most loathed celeprosy lesion in the history of the species seems like a happening idea at first - forty-five days at Century Regional Detention Center is so the new thirty days at Promises Malibu! But it sets a dangerous precedent to jail celebs just because someone hates them.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LESION»

Discover the use of lesion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lesion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lesion analysis in neuropsychology
This book is about that particular approach to brain and behavior studies--the lesion method--as applied to humans.
Hanna Damasio, Antonio R. Damasio, 1989
2
Brain Lesion Localization and developmental Functions : ...
Taking as a basis the previous publication in this series dedicated to brain lesion localisation and development, this time it is by examining in particular the frontal lobe, limbic system (hippocampus and amygdala) and visuo-cognitive ...
Daria Riva, Daria Riva, Charles Njiokiktjien, Sara Bulgheroni, Charles Njiokiktjien, 2011
3
Chlamydia Atherosclerosis Lesion: Discovery, Diagnosis and ...
Several viruses, including herpes simplex, cytomegalovirus, and coxsackie B virus, have been implicated in heart disease.
Allan Shor, 2008
4
Factors Affecting the Local Lesion Response of Chenopodium ...
An evaluation of the effects of single-plant selections, plant age, and leaf position on the local lesion response of C. quinoa inoculated with pea enation mosaic virus (PEMV); An evaluation of the effects of light and temperature on the ...
Maria Ignez Sobral Duarte Ribeiro, 1977
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Radiology of Chest Diseases
However, the following may also be helpful in evaluation of SPNs: Lesion Size and Morphology • CT densitometry: Central or laminated calcification is seen in granulomata while a “popcorn” pattern of calcification characteristically is seen in  ...
Sebastian Lange, Geraldine Walsh, 2011
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Low-contrast Lesion Detection in Tomosynthetic Breast Imaging
Chapter. 7. The. Evaluation. of. Image. Quality. for. A. Lesion. Detection. Task. In our project presented in Chapter 8, we explored three tomosynthetic reconstruction algorithms—BP which we referred to as method A, SART referred to as ...
Lili Zhou, 2007
7
From Lesion to Metaphor: Chronic Pain in British, French and ...
Chronic Pain in British, French and German Medical Writings, 1800-1914 Andrew Hodgkiss. included fixed pains and the conviction of a localized malady followed by endless self-examination, reading, medical consultations and frequent ...
Andrew Hodgkiss, 2000
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Clinical Arrhythmology and Electrophysiology: A Companion to ...
On sectioning, the central portion of the RF ablation lesion shows desiccation, with a surrounding region of hemorrhagic tissue and then normal-appearing tissue. The histology of an acute lesion shows typical coagulation necrosis with ...
Ziad F. Issa, John Michael Miller, Douglas P. Zipes, 2009
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Differential Diagnosis in Conventional Radiology
Conventional radiography, is, however, limited in delineating the intramedullary extent of a bone lesion and even more so in demonstrating soft- tissue involvement. Although magnetic resonance imaging frequently contributes to the  ...
Francis A. Burgener, Martti Kormano, 2011
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The Adult Hip
Figure 36-2 CT scan of the lesion shown in Figure 36-1. The lesion is cortically based, and the surrounding sclerosis and the central nidus are well visualized ( arrow). However, most patients cannot tolerate the pain and taking NSA1DS for a  ...
John J. Callaghan, Aaron G. Rosenberg, Harry E. Rubash, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LESION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lesion is used in the context of the following news items.
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Scientists discover 14,000-year-old evidence of dental work — and it …
Just like their prehistoric predecessors, modern dentist's drill away at the lesion to cut out the decayed part of the tooth — with the notable ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
Poorly mum Tracy still hoping Ed Sheeran will Sing at her big day …
Tracy, who suffers with a disease which affects her nervous system and a demyelinating spinal cord lesion, captured the imagination of an ... «Grimsby Telegraph, Jul 15»
3
National Pain Week to focus on breaking silence and stigma of …
RPA's Pain Management Centre is one of the few sites in NSW that perform percutaneous cordotomy, which involves creating a lesion in the ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
4
BMC Cancer | Full text | Tumour shrinkage at 6 weeks predicts …
Successive measurements of the target lesion were available for analysis. Changes in tumor size were expressed as a relative change of the sum of the longest ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
5
BP Oil Spill 5 Years Later: 10 Key Questions And Answers
... the Florida Gulf Coast and found that skin lesion frequency and severity coincided with the quantity of PAHs in their liver, muscles, and bile. «Science 2.0, Jul 15»
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Presence of telemedicine increasing access to care in new age …
The equipment Collins said she gets to use will allow her to see a lesion better than if she looked at it in person. She will get to hear heart and ... «The Albany Herald, Jul 15»
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Arcand Podcast - Losing Red Sox Faith Quickly - WEEI.com
You know I'm excited what Brian Johnson pitched Tuesday but Brad for keeps talking about the pitch count lesion has to be on the act this goes ... «WEEI.com, Jul 15»
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Gardeners should be mindful of late blight and downy mildew …
When you look on the underside of the leaf, the lesion will have a light grayish colored, fuzzy ring around the outside. This ring of fuzzy growth ... «Scranton Times-Tribune, Jul 15»
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Why Greeks hate Jews, or Talmud and tragedy: Spengler | Asia Times
Under what circumstances may a rabbi ignore a lesion on the lung of a chicken that a poor housewife has purchased for the Sabbath meal? «Asia Times, Jul 15»
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Rare spinal tumour operated upon | GulfNews.com
The lower back MRI with contrast showed mass lesion of the size 4.7cm x 2.9cm at vertebra L1, causing compression fracture of vertebral body ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
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