Meaning
injury, lesion, damage
- injury, trauma (medicine)
- lesion (pathology)
- damage, crack (structural)
In a sentence
Ho una piccola lesione al ginocchio sinistro.
I have a small injury in my left knee.
Il terremoto ha provocato una grave lesione nella parete.
The earthquake caused a serious crack in the wall.
Hai visto la lesione sulla mano del bambino?
Did you see the lesion on the child's hand?
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| lesione | feminine · singular |
| lesioni | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- In medicine, lesione is standard for tissue damage; ferita is a wound, and trauma often means injury from an external event.
- For legal or formal contexts, lesioni is common in phrases like lesioni personali; in everyday speech, people often prefer danno or ferita.
- Usually followed by di + body part or type: lesione al ginocchio, lesione del legamento, lesione cerebrale.