| NOUN | state | lesion | any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part |
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| state | lesion, wound | an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) |
| Sounds | liy'zhahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part. | |
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| Narrower | tubercle | A swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis |
| ulcer, ulceration | A circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue | |
| Broader | pathology | Any deviation from a healthy or normal / normal condition |
| Spanish | lesión | |
| Catalan | lesió | |
| Meaning | An injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin). | |
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| Synonym | wound | |
| Narrower | abrasion, scratch, scrape, excoriation | An abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off |
| bite | A wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person | |
| cut, gash, slash, slice | A wound made by cutting | |
| laceration | A torn ragged wound | |
| raw wound | A wound that exposes subcutaneous tissue | |
| stigmata | marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ | |
| Broader | injury, hurt, harm, trauma | Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. |
| Spanish | herida, lesión | |
| Catalan | ferida, lesió | |
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