lesion
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The scientists observed that as these sticky lesions accumulate, they disrupt normal mitochondrial activity.
From Science Daily
Conventional net-pen fish farms typically use antibiotics to treat bacteria that cause lesions and hemorrhaging in infected fish.
From Seattle Times
Montoya, who relies on a motorized scooter because she has lesions on her left foot, said the elevators haven’t been working for the last two weeks — a regular occurrence at the building.
From Los Angeles Times
He was only a month old, and a necropsy showed he had lesions on the left side of his brain.
From Washington Post
In adult gorillas, “it likely causes fever, malaise and oral lesions as we’ve seen in the few eastern gorillas that have been infected in captivity,” Evans says.
From Washington Post
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