lesione

Definitions of lesione
  1. noun
    an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
    synonyms: ferita
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    abrasione, escoriazione, graffio, scalfittura, sfregio, unghiata
    an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
    taglio
    a wound made by cutting
    lacerazione, rottura, strappo, strazio
    a torn ragged wound
    morso
    a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
    abrasione, escoriazione, sbucciatura
    a superficial abrasion
    type of:
    ferita, trauma
    any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
  2. noun
    any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part
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    ulcera, ulcerazione
    a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue
    piaga da decubito
    a chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients)
    type of:
    affezione, malattia, male, patologia
    any deviation from a healthy or normal condition
  3. noun
    a wound made by cutting
    synonyms: taglio
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    type of:
    ferita
    an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
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