granulation

[ gran-yuh-ley-shuhn ]

/ ˌgræn yəˈleɪ ʃən /

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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.

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Origin of granulation

First recorded in 1606–15; granule + -ation

Words nearby granulation

granular leukocyte, granular ophthalmia, granulate, granulated sugar, granulatio, granulation, granulation tissue, granule, granule cell, granulite, granulo-

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How to use granulation in a sentence

I asked her to report to me in two or three days, and, on reporting, I found a healthy granulation presenting.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883|Various
Any granulation tissue is curetted away and the cavity dried.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)|Various
Thus the arescence so prejudicial to the saccharine granulation would be certainly prevented.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
Here it is boiled till it is reduced to syrup, and then it is boiled again, until it is ready for granulation.
The Land of the Kangaroo|Thomas Wallace Knox

Granulation tissue, for instance, may have temporarily closed the mouth of the fistula.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot|Harry Caulton Reeks

British Dictionary definitions for granulation

granulation

/ (ˌɡrænjʊˈleɪʃən) /

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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Medical definitions for granulation

granulation

[ grăn′yə-lā′shən ]

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.