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lesions

  • plural
    of lesion.
    lesion
    noun
    an injury; hurt; wound.

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Etchells underwent excision surgery, a procedure to remove the lesions caused by endometriosis, which she says made her feel "lighter".

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

But following a visit to his parents in Spain, his son was left with lesions on his brain which affected his gross and fine motor movement and his speech.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

To untangle these possibilities, we need much larger comparative datasets of lesions in wild primates, only then can we begin to trace broader patterns and refine our interpretations of the fossil record.

From Science Daily Jun. 8, 2026

Even more striking, in more than 500 wild primates, across 27 species both living and fossil, we found no trace of a common modern dental disease: deep, V-shaped gumline notches called abfraction lesions.

From Science Daily Jun. 8, 2026

“Having the lesions is normal now,” Maddy said.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld