how to pronounce lesion

/ˈliːʒən/

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lesion is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of lesion in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… know like set a skin lesion and and …”

meanings of lesion

noun:

A wound or injury.
Injury or an unfair imbalance in a commutative contract wherein the consideration is less than half of the market value, which then serves as a basis for the injured party to sue to rescind the agreement.
Any compound formed from damage to a nucleic acid.
An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such on a patch of skin.

verb:

To wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure.

lesion frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word lesion occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics lesion can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that lesion can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) life, nature, and living environment;