LESION Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

lesion

noun

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as in beating

medical 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 In the mid-stage study, 75% of participants injected once every three months with Apogee’s drug, called zumilokibart, maintained at least a 75% improvement in the extent and severity of skin lesions — a metric dubbed EASI-75 — at one year. —

Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 23 Mar. 2026 In rare cases, mpox can lead to eye infections, severe rash, painful skin lesions and neurological problems. —

Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 16 Mar. 2026 Last summer, Brossoit and doctors, after examining his right hip, found the root cause of the knee pain — a cam lesion on the head of his femur that was causing issues with cartilage inside the joint. —

Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026 In the fall of 2023, doctors removed a benign lesion from Woodland’s brain in a craniotomy. —

Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lesion

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Then, to add insult to injury, the Cavaliers carried a 109-87 lead into the fourth when Cleveland’s Evan Mobley ended the third quarter with a successful 32-foot buzzer-beating heave.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2026
He and Flores also are accused of ordering kidnappings, beatings and murders of those who owed them drug money or undermined their trafficking operation.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2026