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Trauma vs Lesion - What's the difference?

trauma | lesion |

As nouns the difference between trauma and lesion

is that trauma is while lesion is lesion.

trauma

English

(wikipedia trauma)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.
  • An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
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    • , year=2011 , date=December 14 , author=Steven Morris , title=Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=Jailing her on Wednesday, magistrate Liz Clyne told Robins: "You have shown little remorse either for the death of the kitten or the trauma to your former friend Sarah Knutton." She was also banned from keeping animals for 10 years.}}
  • An event that causes great distress.

    • Derived terms

    * traumatism * traumatise/traumatize * trauma incidence reduction

    Anagrams

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    lesion

    English

    (wikipedia lesion)

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wound or injury.
  • (medicine) An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such patch of skin.

    • Related terms

    * lese majesty,

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure.

    • Anagrams

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