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granulation

[gran-yuh-ley-shuh n]

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noun

the act or process of granulating.

a granulated condition.

any of the grains of a granulated surface.

Pathology.

the formation of granulation tissue, especially in healing.
granulation tissue.

Astronomy. one of the small, short-lived features of the sun's surface that in the aggregate give it a mottled appearance when viewed with a telescope.

Origin of granulation

First recorded in 1606–15; granule + -ation

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Examples from the Web for granulation

Historical Examples of granulation

This mode of granulation, though tedious, is the only one to be used for so small a quantity, for the sake of experiment.
The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches,
Mary Eaton
How does the granulation affect the physical properties of flour?
Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value
Harry Snyder
The granulation question struggles with undeserved difficulty.
Gunnery in 1858
William Greener
Any granulation tissue is curetted away and the cavity dried.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)
Various
Sloughs of granulation tissue or of connective tissue may form.
Manual of Surgery
Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

British Dictionary definitions for granulation

granulation

noun

the act or process of granulating

a granulated texture or surface

a single bump or grain in such a surface

See granulation tissue

Also: granule astronomy any of numerous bright regions (approximate diameter 900 km) having a fine granular structure that can appear briefly on any part of the sun's surface

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Word Origin and History for granulation

n.

1610s, from Late Latin granulum (see granular) + -ation.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

granulation in Medicine

granulation

[grăn′yə-lā′shən]

n.

The process of forming grains or granules.

The state or appearance of having grains or granules.

Small, fleshy, beadlike protuberances, consisting of outgrowths of new capillaries, on the surface of a wound that is healing.granulation tissue

The formation of these protuberances.

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