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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lesion /ˈliːʒ(ə)n/

▶noun chiefly Medicine a region in an organ or tissue which has suffered damage through injury or disease.

– origin ME: via OFr. from L. laesio(n-), from laedere ‘injure’.

'lesion' also found in these Oxford entries:

canker - granulate - peptic ulcer - serpiginous - tubercle

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