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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
Incisional biopsy: This technique uses a scalpel to remove part of an abnormal-looking lesion.
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Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 2 July 2025
It’s also linked to skin lesions, high blood pressure and elevated risk for diabetes.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
The probiotic paste, by contrast, appears to have made the situation worse: The corals that had the probiotic paste applied directly to their lesions lost more tissue than those treated with the control paste, which did not contain McH1-7.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2025
Biden had a cancerous lesion removed from his chest while in office.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
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Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 2 July 2025
It’s also linked to skin lesions, high blood pressure and elevated risk for diabetes.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
The probiotic paste, by contrast, appears to have made the situation worse: The corals that had the probiotic paste applied directly to their lesions lost more tissue than those treated with the control paste, which did not contain McH1-7.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2025
Biden had a cancerous lesion removed from his chest while in office.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lesion
Noun
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Yet no lawyer had previously brought up the rapes and beatings that Bell witnessed during his stay at Dozier, Brown and Martin said.—
The Marshall Project,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 July 2025
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In Chicago, the closest parallel to the racial attacks in 1980s New York was the 1997 Bridgeport attack on Lenard Clark, a Black 13-year-old, by a group of teenagers including Frank Caruso Jr., who was convicted of the beating but ultimately forced to serve only two years of an eight-year sentence.—
Robert Chiarito,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
Noun
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However, the East is drastically weakened as a result of injuries to Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum and Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton.—
DJ Siddiqi,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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In 2001, the Ig Nobel Prize in medicine went to Peter Barss of McGill University in Canada for his 1984 survey of injuries due to falling coconuts in Papua New Guinea.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 July 2025
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“Lesion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lesion. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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