Lesion: alternatives and connections

The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.

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To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a cru…

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of Cut

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The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.

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To make a gash, or long, deep incision in; -- applied chiefly to incisions in flesh.

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The act of lacerating.

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To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface…

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To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.

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A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.

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of Stigma

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A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone; the tubercles appearing on th…

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A solution of continuity in any of the soft parts of the body, discharging purulent matter, found on a surface, especially one of the natural surface…

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The process of forming an ulcer, or of becoming ulcerous; the state of being ulcerated; also, an ulcer.

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Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.

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A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

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Any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong,…

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The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes, progress, symptoms, etc.

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Serious emotional harm caused by a distressing event.

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of Wind

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