Etymograph

English

ipsilesional

From ipsi- + lesion + -al.

Formed from ipsi- + lesion + -al

Latin ipse ‘self’

English ipsi-

Latin laedō ‘to strike, collide, hurt’

Latin laesiō ‘hurt, harm, injury’

Old French lesion ‘hurt, offense, wrong, injury, wound’

Middle English lesioun ‘physical injuring of the body’

English lesion

Today it means

adj On the same side as a lesion.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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