Radiology Jargon

noun a localized area of necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply

• The patient was diagnosed with a myocardial infarction.
• My uncle had a heart attack caused by an infarction.
• I heard that John's dad had a blockage that led to an infarction.
• The sudden loss of funding was like an infarction to the company's growth.

noun a region in an organ or tissue which has suffered damage through injury or disease, such as a wound, ulcer, or abscess

• The doctor identified a small lesion on the patient's skin during the examination.
• The doctor found a little spot on your skin, could be a lesion.
• Yo, did you see that weird bump on his arm? Looks like a lesion or something.
• The emotional trauma left a deep lesion in her heart that took years to heal.

noun the quality or state of being malignant, a malign or harmful tumor or growth

• The doctor confirmed the presence of malignancy in the patient's biopsy results.
• The test results showed that there's some kind of malignancy in there.
• Dude, they found some serious malignancy in her scans.
• The malignancy of corruption had spread throughout the entire organization.

noun a noun is a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea. In this case, 'abnormalities' is a noun because it refers to the state or quality of being abnormal.

• The medical report indicated several abnormalities in the patient's blood work.
• The doctor said there were some weird things going on in your test results.
• Dude, your blood work came back with some really messed up stuff.
• The abnormalities in her behavior were a red flag for underlying issues.