Usually means: Abnormal tissue change due to disease.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. lesion: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lesion: Merriam-Webster
  3. lesion: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lesion: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. lesion: Collins English Dictionary
  6. lesion: Vocabulary.com
  7. Lesion, lesion: Wordnik
  8. lesion: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. lesion: Wiktionary
  10. lesion: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. lesion: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. lesion: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. lesion: Dictionary.com
  14. lesion: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. lesion: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Lesion: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Lesion: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. lesion: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. lesion: Rhymezone
  20. Lesion: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. lesion: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. lesion: FreeDictionary.org
  23. lesion: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. lesion: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lesion: Health & Beauty Glossary

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. lesion: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  4. Lesion: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lesion: Encyclopedia

Medicine (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. lesion: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Lesion: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. AIDSinfo Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Cancer Glossary (No longer online)
  8. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  9. lesion: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
  10. National MCH Center for Child Death Review (No longer online)
  11. Multiple Sclerosis Encyclopaedia (No longer online)
  12. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  13. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  14. lesion: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  15. National Immunization Program Glossary (No longer online)
  16. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  17. Skin Cancer Information (No longer online)
  18. lesion: Medical dictionary
  19. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)
  20. Vitamin Glossary (No longer online)
  21. Lesion: Drug Medical Dictionary
  22. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lesion: Material Safety Data Sheets HyperGlossary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Farrier & Hoofcare (No longer online)
  2. Lesion: Beauty & Health Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
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.
verb:  (transitive) To wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure.

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