The virus can spread to other organs, including the liver, the lungs and the brain, and it can be transmitted to others through open lesions.

The parasites bite fish to feed on their blood, creating open lesions that can disturb the fishes' osmotic balance with sea water.

Even some health care professionals still believe the virus is transmitted only from open lesions.

The employee had a history of acne but apparently no open lesions on her face.

First, cell regeneration, stitching up the open lesions on arm and head.

"I was sick," he said, describing open lesions in his scalp and mouth that kept him from eating for days.

I've had many side effects with the drugs, including kidney problems, diarrhea, vomiting and severe allergic reactions that left open lesions all over my body.

All 21 patients' open lesions were completely healed and they were released from the hospital after two months of maggot therapy.

I helped her sponge off her throat, taking care not to touch the open lesions, and watched the door while she dressed.

More plainly, a mouth ulcer is a sore or open lesion in the mouth.