different between lesion vs erythematosus

English

Alternative forms

• læsion (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English lesioun, from Old French lesion, from Latin laesi? (“injury”), itself from laesus, perfect passive participle of laed? (“I injure, hurt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?li???n/
• Rhymes: -i???n

Noun

lesion (plural lesions)

1. (pathology) A wound or injury.
2. (medicine) An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such on a patch of skin.
3. (biochemistry) Any compound formed from damage to a nucleic acid.
4. (law) Injury 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.

Derived terms

Related terms

• lese majesty, lèse majesté

Translations

Verb

lesion (third-person singular simple present lesions, present participle lesioning, simple past and past participle lesioned)

1. (transitive) To wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure.

Translations

Anagrams

• Elison, eloins, esloin, insole, oleins, onlies, selion

Interlingua

Noun

lesion (plural lesiones)

1. lesion, injury

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin laesio.

Noun

lesion f (plural lesions)

1. harm; damage

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin laesio.

Noun

lesion f (oblique plural lesions, nominative singular lesion, nominative plural lesions)

1. harm; damage

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (erúth?ma, “a redness or flush on the skin”), from ??????? (eruthrós, “red”).

The German form Erythematodes is arguably the preferred correct form.

Noun

erythematosus

1. (pathology) An eruption of red lesions.

Derived terms

• discoid lupus erythematosus
• systemic lupus erythematosus

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