LESIONS Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

lesions

noun

plural of lesion

as in beatings

medical an injured or diseased spot or area on or in the body skin lesions a brain lesion

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Recent Examples of lesions Telltale signs of a screwworm infection include growing wounds or lesions and feeding maggots on living animals. — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026 If the infection enters the bloodstream, symptoms also can include fever, chills, low blood pressure and blistering skin lesions. — ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026 In 2024, Shaoheng Chen, then a student at the optometry college, had assisted a professor with a seventy-four-year-old female patient who had bleeding and leopard-spot lesions on her retina. — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026 In some cases, people develop telltale skin lesions, particularly on the face. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026 Joe Biden had surgery to remove skin cancer lesions in September last year and completed a round of radiation therapy for prostate cancer in October. — T. Michelle Murphy, Time, 9 Aug. 2026 The disease can lead to scars or lesions, which may slow or block signals from the brain. — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026 Symptoms of a Vibrio bloodstream infection can include fever, chills, dangerously low blood pressure and skin lesions. — Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026 Given the prostate’s size and positioning, MRIs only became reliable in providing images of lesions of the gland in the past 15 years; their sensitivity — the ability to find a lesion that’s there — is now up to 93%. — Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 5 Aug. 2026

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According to Human Rights Watch, Taliban security forces responded with beatings, shots into the crowd, detentions of protesters, and the killing of at least one boy.

— Rina Amiri, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026
Sweetwater Police, which investigated the incidents, learned about the beatings on April 22, when an officer was called to Jackson South Medical Center in reference to a hazing incident.

— Ana Claudia Chacin, Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026

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No details on injuries or fatalities were included in the post, which asked community members for video footage, photographs or any information related to the shooting.

— Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2026
The victim, who hasn't been publicly identified, was treated at the scene by Santa Monica PD officers until paramedics took him to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026

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