Meanings
plural lesions · alternative archaic læsion
- biochemistryAny compound formed from damage to a nucleic acid.
- lawInjury or an unfair imbalance in a commutative contract wherein the consideration is less than half of the market value, which then serves as a basis for the injured party to sue to rescind the agreement.
present singular third person lesions · participle present lesioning · participle past lesioned · past lesioned · alternative archaic læsion
- transitiveTo wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinlaesiō“hurt, harm, injury”
- Old Frenchlesion“hurt, offense, wrong, injury, wound”
- Middle Englishlesioun“physical injuring of the body”
- Englishlesion
From Middle English lesioun (“physical injuring of the body”), from Old French lesion (“hurt, offense, wrong, injury, wound”), from Latin laesiō (“hurt, harm, injury”) (whence -ion (“noun suffix denoting action, result, process, state, condition”)), from laesus (“hurt, injured, wounded, damaged”), past participle of laedō (“to strike, collide, hurt”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian поражение
- поражение (poraženie)a wound or an injury
Catalan lesió, lesió
- lesióa wound or an injury
- lesióan infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part
- lesionarto wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure
Chinese Mandarin 病灶, 損傷 /损伤
- 病灶 (bìngzào)a wound or an injury
- 損傷 /损伤 (sǔnshāng)a wound or an injury
Czech léze, zranění
- lézea wound or an injury
- zraněnía wound or an injury
- lézean infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part
Danish læsion
- læsiona wound or an injury
Dutch laesie, benadeling
- laesiea wound or an injury
- benadelinginjury or loss arising from an uneven contractual exchange
- laesiean infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part
- kwetsento wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure
- verwondento wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure
Esperanto lezo, lezo
- lezoa wound or an injury
- lezoan infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part
Finnish vamma
- vammaa wound or an injury
French lésion, lésion
- lésiona wound or an injury
- lésioninjury or loss arising from an uneven contractual exchange
- lésionan infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part
- blesserto wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure
German Verletzung, Läsion
- Verletzunga wound or an injury
- Läsiona wound or an injury
- enorme Verletzunginjury or loss arising from an uneven contractual exchange
- Übervorteilunginjury or loss arising from an uneven contractual exchange
- Läsionan infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part
Indonesian lesi, lesi
- lesia wound or an injury
- lesian infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part
Italian lesione, lesione
- lesionea wound or an injury
- lesioneinjury or loss arising from an uneven contractual exchange
- lesionean infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part
Polish uszkodzenie ciała, lezja
- uszkodzenie ciałaa wound or an injury
- lezjaan infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part
Portuguese lesão, lesão enorme
- lesãoa wound or an injury
- lesão enormeinjury or loss arising from an uneven contractual exchange
- lesãoan infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part
Romanian leziune, rană
- leziunea wound or an injury
- ranăan infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part
Russian ра́на, поврежде́ние
- ра́на (rána)a wound or an injury
- поврежде́ние (povreždénije)a wound or an injury
- теле́сное поврежде́ние (telésnoje povreždénije)a wound or an injury
Slovak lézia
- léziaan infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part
Spanish lesión, lesión enorme
- lesióna wound or an injury
- lesión enormeinjury or loss arising from an uneven contractual exchange
- lesión enormísimainjury or loss arising from an uneven contractual exchange
- lesiónan infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part
Swedish lesion
- lesiona wound or an injury
Turkish lezyon, yaralanma
- lezyona wound or an injury
- yaralanmaa wound or an injury
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with lesion
Anagrams
Cite this entry
lesion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lesion
“lesion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lesion. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lesion,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lesion.
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