different between lesion vs impairment
lesion
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)
- (pathology) A wound or injury.
- (medicine) An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such on a patch of skin.
- (biochemistry) Any compound formed from damage to a nucleic acid.
- (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)
- (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)
- lesion, injury
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin laesio.
Noun
lesion f (plural lesions)
- harm; damage
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin laesio.
Noun
lesion f (oblique plural lesions, nominative singular lesion, nominative plural lesions)
- harm; damage
lesion From the web:
- what lesions commonly occur with acne
- what lesions
- what lesion means
- what lesions look like
- what lesions occur with ms
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- what lesion opens at the skin's surface
- what lesions are encapsulated
impairment
English
Alternative forms
- empairment (rare)
Etymology
impair +? -ment
Noun
impairment (countable and uncountable, plural impairments)
- The result of being impaired
- A deterioration or weakening
- A disability or handicap
- an inefficient part or factor.
- (accounting) A downward revaluation, a write-down.
Translations
impairment From the web:
- what impairment means
- what impairments qualify for disability
- what impairment occurs in dysphagia
- what impairment loss means
- what is impairment definition
- what do impairment mean
- what does impairment mean
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