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Word entry · 6 letters

lesion

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"Damaged tissue area"

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈliːʒən/Part of speech nounSorted eilnosStarts with LEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part

Word origin

From Middle English lesioun (“physical injuring of the body”), from Old French lesion (“hurt, offense, wrong, injury, wound”), from Latin laesiō (“hurt, harm, injury”) (whence -ion (“noun suffix denoting action, result, process, state, condition”)), from laesus (“hurt, injured, wounded, damaged”), past participle of laedō (“to strike, collide, hurt”).

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