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lesions

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

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"We had, really without intending to, created a mouse that produced these classic lesions of Alexander disease," Messing says.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

Such nodules "could be a whole range of benign lesions -- inflammatory, infectious, autoimmune, or congenital -- or they could be malignant," Venuta said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Novartis said its drug reduced the annualized relapse rate and inflammatory brain lesions relative to the rival medicine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Doctors told her time and again that it could not be endometriosis - an incurable condition causing lesions and scarring on internal organs and around the body, external - because she was too young.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

“What about the lesions? Can you create a pill that cures them?”

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld