lesions

plural of lesion

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Recent Examples of lesions CCMs are lesions in the brain that occur when the cells that make up blood vessels undergo uncontrolled growth. Richard J. Price, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025 And the change leaders in the organizations lead with that impact and say there's evidence that shows this tool finds more lung lesions or reduces time and complication in [specific medical procedures]. Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025 Both viruses caused respiratory infections that awakened dormant DCCs in the lungs, leading to a huge expansion of metastatic cells within days of infection and the appearance of metastatic lesions within two weeks. Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 2025 According to results from a Sunday procedure to have skin lesions removed, doctors found squamous cell carcinoma, which starts in cells in the middle and outer layers of the skin. Michael Rios, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025 Bolsonaro underwent a series of medical treatments in Brasilia on Sunday, including laboratory tests and surgical removal of skin lesions. Reuters, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025 Symptoms of the infection include diarrhea, stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, fever, chills, dangerously low blood pressure and blistering lesions. Mollye Barrows, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025 This characteristic texture helped researchers differentiate the lesions caused by osteomyelitis from those caused by other bone pathologies, like osteosarcoma and bone neoplasia (two forms of bone cancer). Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025 Biden’s son Beau died of a brain tumor, and his wife, Jill, had two cancerous lesions removed. Chris Megerian, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Noun
  • In July, after months of detention, which included routine beatings and other mistreatment, the men were released to Venezuela in a prisoner exchange.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
  • On many nights, Tamara would find her grandmother hunched over the kitchen table, poring over trial transcripts in which Erik and Lyle delivered hours of tearful and stomach-churning accounts of beatings, verbal lashings and rape.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Benson returns in style Of the Sabres’ early-season injuries, Benson’s absence might have hurt the most.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • In 2024, the most recent year for which data is available, the company reported five injuries and one illness.
    Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Lesions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lesions. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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