For Lesion we have terms and definitions in 15 topics. The topics are Beauty, Cancer, HIV and AIDs, Health, Health and Beauty, Horse Health, Huntingtons Disease, Immunization, Medical, Multiple Sclerosis, Pathology, Reproductive Infections, Skin Cancer, Women's Health and Womens Health.

Lesion (Beauty)

Any detectable change from normal structure and/or function.

Lesion (Cancer)

(LEE-zhun) An area of abnormal tissue. A lesion may be benign (noncancercous) or malignant (cancerous).

Lesion (HIV and AIDs)

A broad term used to describe any abnormality in or on the body. Scratches, bumps, wounds, scars, tumors, insect bites, rashes, and flat patches are all called lesions. Abnormalities of internal organs are often called lesions.

Lesion (Health)

A destructive change in body tissue, such as a wound, injury, or inflammation.

Lesion (Health and Beauty)

Any detectable change from normal structure and/or function.

Lesion (Horse Health)

Any disease-induced abnormality of tissue structure or tissue function.

Lesion (Huntingtons Disease)

A piece of tissue that is either missing or so damaged that it cannot perform its normal function.

Lesion (Immunization)

An abnormal change in the structure of an organ, due to injury or disease.

Lesion (Medical)

An abnormality of structure or function in the body

Lesion (Multiple Sclerosis)

See Plaque.

Lesion (Pathology)

A destructive change in body tissue, such as a wound, injury, or inflammation.

Lesion (Reproductive Infections)

A very general term denoting any abnormality on the surface of the body, whether on the skin or on a mucous membrane. Includes sores, wounds, injuries, pimples, and tumors, on the skin or elsewhere.

Lesion (Skin Cancer)

A very non-specific term that can be used in many ways. This ambiguous term encompasses almost every process occurring on the skin, from allergy spots to skin cancers to moles. The author considers "lesion" a "wastebasket" or all-encompassing term because it describes almost any blemish on the skin. Medical practitioners who cannot accurately diagnose the true problem, e.g., some Board Certified Plastic Surgeons, frequently use the term "lesion" on the lab paperwork when they submit skin biopsies to labs for testing.

Lesion (Women's Health)

An infected or diseased area of skin.

Lesion (Womens Health)

An infected or diseased area of skin.

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