lesions

noun

an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)

any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part

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The word lesions breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root les-, from Latin laedo (“strike, hurt”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.