Lesion

/ˈliːʒən/

Synonyms for "lesion" (150 found)

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Closest matches (30)

Noun(5 words)

wound abnormality blemish boils cankering

abrasion abscess ache aching apostemebed soreblain bleb blemish blister blow boil break bubo bulla bunion burn cankercanker sorecarbuncle

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chafe chancre chancroid check chilblain

Strong matches (45)

chipcold soreconcussion crack crackle cramp craze cut distress dolor eschar felon fester festeringfever blisterfistulaflash burnfracture fray frazzle

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furuncle furunculus gall gash gathering grief gumboil hemorrhoids hurt incision injury kibe lacerationmortal woundmutilation

Noun(10 words)

damage defect excoriations flaw focus infiltrates injure injuries injuryinsect bite

Related words (75)

nasty blowpain pang papula papule paronychia parulis passion petechia pile piles pimple pock polyp puncture pustule rent rip rising run

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rupture scab scald scorch scrape scratch scuffsecond-degree burnshock slashsoft chancresoresore spotspasm stabstab woundstigma stressstress of lifestroke sty suffering suppuration swelling teartender spotthird-degree burnthroes trauma tubercle ulcer ulceration wale welt wheal whelk whitlow woundwounds immedicablewrench

Noun(15 words)

new growthnodules polyps rashes sores spot spots traumata tubercles tumor ulcerations ulcers wart wounding wounds

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5 relation types

More general

10 entries

defect harm hurt imperfection injure injurymedical abnormalitymedical findingpathology trauma

More specific

12 entries

bone lesionbrain lesioncharacter flawchemical lesiondesign flawelectrolytic lesioninstitutional defectskin lesionsoft tissue lesionsurgical lesionsystem flawthermal lesion

Collocations

12 entries

benign lesionbone lesionbrain lesionbrain tissue damagechemical lesioncortical lesioninduced lesionmalignant lesionradiologic lesionskin lesionsurgical lesionthermal lesion

Inflections

3 entries

lesioned lesioning lesions

Derivations

3 entries

lesional lesioned lesioning

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

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Tom suffers from a skin lesion on his back.

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He has a lesion.

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After the accident, he suffered a lesion of the spinal cord causing partial paralysis.

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