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Encyclopedia > Lesions

A lesion is a non-specific term referring to abnormal tissue in the body. It can be caused by any disease process including trauma (physical, chemical, electrical), infection, neoplasm, metabolic and autoimmune.


Not all lesions require treatment.


Lesion is derived from a Latin word which means "injury."


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Lesion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (123 words)
A lesion is a non-specific term referring to abnormal tissue in the body.
Lesions can also be inflicted intentionally during surgery, for example to specific regions of the brain to treat epilepsy.
Lesion is derived from a Latin word which means "injury."
lesion - Search Results - MSN Encarta (128 words)
A lesion is a wound or area of damage.
Researchers using lesion methods damage, destroy, or remove a particular part of a laboratory animal’s brain....
After a person is infected with the smallpox virus, about 12 days pass before the person begins to feel sick, a time known as the incubation period....
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