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an injured or diseased spot or area on or in the body
skin lesions a brain lesion
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Recent Examples of lesion
Not only are relapses unpredictable but scientists have yet to explain the slow and insidious degeneration that often occurs even without new lesions.
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Lucinda Rosenfeld, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
It may be yellowed, have dark spots or sunken lesions, Kondrat says.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Oct. 2025
In September, Biden underwent Mohs surgery to remove skin cancer lesions—a procedure his physician said removed all cancerous tissue, requiring no further treatment.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
The cat may have a case of conjunctivitis, the cat may have some trauma to the eye such as a corneal lesion as a result of a cat fight, or a foreign body got into the eye and is working itself out.
—Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
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Lucinda Rosenfeld, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
It may be yellowed, have dark spots or sunken lesions, Kondrat says.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Oct. 2025
In September, Biden underwent Mohs surgery to remove skin cancer lesions—a procedure his physician said removed all cancerous tissue, requiring no further treatment.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
The cat may have a case of conjunctivitis, the cat may have some trauma to the eye such as a corneal lesion as a result of a cat fight, or a foreign body got into the eye and is working itself out.
—Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lesion
Noun
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The man previously on Florida’s Death Row for beating, stabbing and strangling a La Carreta waitress with a rice cooker — before lighting a blaze to destroy key evidence — should be condemned to die, Miami prosecutors told a jury after detailing the slaying on Wednesday morning.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
5 Nov. 2025
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Predictably, Mike responds to Kyle’s beating by meddling further.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Braxton went down late in the first quarter with an apparent knee injury that kept him on the sideline for nearly a quarter.—
Michael Harley,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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Thus far, Arsenal’s excellent form has relegated the injuries to a subplot.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Lesion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lesion. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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