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ring-enhancing lesion

noun

C2CEFR level
90/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

A lesion with a peripheral rim of contrast enhancement surrounding a non-enhancing centre.

A solitary ring-enhancing lesion in the frontal lobe prompted a differential of abscess versus metastasis.

Similar: rim-enhancing lesion

Topic: Radiology & imaging in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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