granuloma
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granulomas,
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granulomata
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The 38-year-old, who works as a train driver, says he had his work and life upended by the cholesterol granuloma between his brain and eye socket, and still deals with the aftermath two years later.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2025
To identify the mechanisms involved, the investigators analyzed granuloma and lung tissues and found that the HDTs promoted inflammatory responses against TB bacteria, both in immune and non-immune cells in the lung.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2024
Now, she said, she has a calcified granuloma that makes it difficult to carry things or stand for long periods.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2023
He was told a granuloma – a mass of tissue that forms in response to infection – had appeared in the same spot where a surgeon had removed another growth in late October.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2012
The ulcerated lesions of farcy have to be distinguished from those of tubercle, syphilis, and other forms of infective granuloma.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Once the body's immune system is infected with tuberculosis, it forms granulomas -- tight clusters of white blood cells -- in an attempt to wall off the infection-causing bacteria in the lungs.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2024
According to the Mayo Clinic, the disease is characterized by the growth of granulomas — tiny groups of inflammatory cells — in any part of the body, most commonly the lungs and lymph nodes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2023
As a result, people with the disease are susceptible to recurrent infections and get areas of inflamed tissue called granulomas.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 27, 2016
These granulomas create too much activated vitamin D, which in turn causes the absorption of excessive amounts of calcium.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2011
"It's the structure of those granulomas that makes it so difficult to treat TB," says Barry.
From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2011
Mycosis fungoides approximates, clinically and histologically, granulomata and sarcomata.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
As a result of prolonged inflammation edematous polypi and granulomata are not infrequently seen, but true benign tumors of the esophagus are rare affections.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
These primary growths include primary papillomata and fibromata as the most frequent, aberrant thyroid, lipomata, adenomata, granulomata and amyloid tumors.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
Virchow grouped together under the term granulomata certain growths composed of granulation-tissue occurring in syphilis, lupus, leprosy, and glanders.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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