lesion

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The scientists observed that as these sticky lesions accumulate, they disrupt normal mitochondrial activity.

From Science Daily

He also said he had no lesions and was not infected but had not been tested for the virus.

From BBC

The surgeon was asked if the herpes infection the women developed could have come from a whitlow on his hand - a lesion typically on a finger or thumb caused by the herpes simplex virus.

From BBC

Xylazine began appearing sporadically as an addictive substitute for heroin in the 2000s: In 2011, a study observed that people in farming areas of Puerto Rico were injecting horse anesthesia and developing serious lesions.

From New York Times

Conventional net-pen fish farms typically use antibiotics to treat bacteria that cause lesions and hemorrhaging in infected fish.

From Seattle Times