lesione

injury

noun leh-ZYOH-neh Rare

Origin: Latin laesio, a hurt

Also means

lesion

Usage Note

Lesione is the medical and legal term for a wound or injury (lesione personale is the legal charge for bodily harm). In everyday speech Italians more often say ferita for a cut or infortunio for a workplace injury; lesione sounds clinical or formal. The plural is regular: le lesioni.

Examples

"Ha riportato una lesione al ginocchio."

Natural Translation

He sustained an injury to the knee.

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