Lesioned

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. A description of a condition where tissue has been harmed or altered due to illness or injury
2. Describes tissue that has suffered damage caused by illness or trauma
3. Refers to biological material injured through pathological or physical factors

Etymology: "Lesioned" is the past form of "lesion," and the noun comes from Latin "laesio," meaning hurt, harm or injury. That Latin noun is built on "laesus," the past participle of "laedere," "to strike, collide, hurt." The verb's core sense of striking or harming is still visible in the medical use: a lesion is damage that has been done to tissue by a blow, disease or wound. The word reached English through Old French "lesion," which carried broader meanings such as an offense or a wrong, alongside physical injury. Middle English first used "lesioun" for physical injury to the body, so the medical sense was present early and the more general moral sense of harm faded from English use.

Synonyms: injured, damaged, wounded, affected, hurt

Antonyms: healed, recovered, unaffected, whole, intact