(pathology) A wound or injury.
Used in a Sentence
lesions
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for lesions.
Editorial note
Their abilities are remarkable given that acute lesions to the cerebellum result in much more significant impairments (e.g.
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Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(pathology) A wound or injury.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of lesions gathered in one view.
(medicine) An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such on a patch of skin.
(biochemistry) Any compound formed from damage to a nucleic acid.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for lesions.
noun
(pathology) A wound or injury.
noun
(medicine) An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such on a patch of skin.
noun
(biochemistry) Any compound formed from damage to a nucleic acid.
noun
(law) Injury or an unfair imbalance in a commutative contract wherein the consideration is less than half of the market value, which then serves as a basis for the injured party to sue to rescind the agreement.
Example sentences
Their abilities are remarkable given that acute lesions to the cerebellum result in much more significant impairments (e.g.
Most liver lesions are not palpable and are normally diagnosed (following blood tests) with ultrasound, CT or MRI scans.
This is all anecdotal but it seems very plausible that gluten can cause brain lesions in those with Celiac's.
And then there are so many people living just fine with lesions in so many parts of the brain.
She saw the blood and assumed that my wife was suffering skin lesions from said diabetes.
There is strong evidence base for the activity (eg doing a pap smear for pre-cancerous cervical lesions, or vaccinating a baby).
Some have been derived via experiment, some observed via individuals with brain lesions, others worked out by studies of children and adult language learners.
When I finally got MRI they found 7+ lesions in the brain and spine.
Similarly, if the average number of active lesions stayed at 50% for a control group, and fell to 12% for the test group, that's statistically significant.
Not to mention that if the infection isn't completely removed it may become acute, potentially causing eye damage and nasal lesions, possibly a loss of smell.
While 30 or so percent of these lesions will go on to become invasive breast cancer most will cause no symptoms, won't progress to cancer, and be harmless.
I've learnt my lesions about SSDs: they don't give you any hints that they're about to fail, and one they do, it's game over.
Quote examples
Her experiments reveal a strategy for how DNA repair proteins locate DNA lesions and demonstrate a biological role for DNA-mediated charge transfer".
In a group of 65 patients with relapsing-remitting MS (the most common form) who underwent surgery, the number of active lesions in the brain fell sharply, to 12 per cent from 50 per cent; in the two years after surgery, 73 per cent of patients had no symptoms." Although these are big falls 65 patients is not a large group.
Proper noun examples
Lesions and scars are acute changes in the brain that happen after birth.
Lesions are one thing but cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, bone loss, hip replacements, limited mobility, limited cognition, limited memory, limited hearing/sight, chronic pain, etc are whole other things.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use lesions in a sentence?
Their abilities are remarkable given that acute lesions to the cerebellum result in much more significant impairments (e.g.
What does lesions mean?
(pathology) A wound or injury.
What part of speech is lesions?
lesions is commonly used as noun.