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LESION (through Fr. from Lat. laesio,...

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 490 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LESION (through Fr. from See also:Lat. laesio, injury, laedere, to hurt)  , an injury, hurt, damage . In Scots See also:law the See also:term is used of damage suffered by a party in a See also:contract sufficient to enable him to bring an See also:action for setting it aside . In See also:pathology, the See also:chief use, the word is applied to any morbid See also:change in the structure of an See also:organ, whether shown by visible changes or by disturbance of See also:function .

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