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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lesion \Le"sion\ (l[=e]"zh[u^]n), n. [F. l['e]sion, L. laesio
fr laedere laesum to hurt, injure.]
A hurt; an injury. Specifically:
a (Civil Law) Loss sustained from failure to fulfill a
bargain or contract. --Burrill.
b (Med.) Any morbid change in the exercise of functions or
the texture of organs. --Dunglison.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
lesion
n 1: any visible abnormal structural change in a bodily part
2: any break in the skin or an organ caused by violence or
surgical incision [syn: {wound}]
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