LESION
Dictionary entry overview: What does lesion mean?
• LESION (noun)
The noun LESION has 2 senses:
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
Familiarity information: LESION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LESION (noun)
Meaning:
Any visible abnormal structural change in a bodily part
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("lesion" is a kind of...):
pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lesion"):
tubercle (a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis)
ulcer; ulceration (a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue)
Meaning:
Any break in the skin or an organ caused by violence or surgical incision
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
wound; lesion
Hypernyms ("lesion" is a kind of...):
harm; hurt; injury; trauma (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lesion"):
raw wound (a wound that exposes subcutaneous tissue)
stigmata (marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ)
abrasion; excoriation; scrape; scratch (an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off)
cut; gash; slash; slice (a wound made by cutting)
laceration (a torn ragged wound)
bite (a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person)
