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Topic: ILLNESS AND DISABILITY

Date: 1400-1500
Language: French
Origin: Latin laesio, from laedere 'to injure'

lesion

 noun
     
le‧sion [countable] technical
MI damage to someone's skin or part of their body such as their stomach or brain, caused by injury or illness:
acute gastric lesions
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