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Lesion

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woundnounAn injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.

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woundnounAn injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
injurynounDamage to the body of a living thing.
damagenounInjury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
harmnounPhysical injury; hurt; damage.
infringementnounA violation or breach, as of a law.
lacerationnounAn irregular open wound to soft tissue.
abrasionnounThe act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
sorenounCausing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.
ulcernoun(pathology) An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection.
cutverb(chiefly transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
traumanounAn emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
burnverbA physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
blisternounA small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection.
gashnounA deep cut.
contusionnoun(medicine, countable) Synonym of bruise.
ulcerationnounThe development of an ulcer.
excoriationnounA severe verbal denouncing.
bruisenounA purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.
fissurenounA long, narrow crack or opening made by breaking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.
escharnoun(medicine) A superficial structure of dead tissue, usually hardened, and commonly but not necessarily dark, adhering to underlying living or necrotic tissue, caused by gangrene or a burn.

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