lesion
noun /ˈliːʒn/
/ˈliːʒn/
(medical)- an area of damage to the skin or part of the body caused by injury or by illness
- skin/brain lesions
Oxford Collocations DictionaryLesion is used after these nouns:- skin
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin laesio(n-), from laedere ‘injure’.