granulation

[ gran-yuh-ley-shuh n ]

/ ˌgræn yəˈleɪ ʃən /

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.

Nearby words

granularity, granularly, granulate, granulated sugar, granulatio, granulation, granulation tissue, granulative, granule, granule cell, granulite

Origin of granulation

First recorded in 1606–15; granule + -ation

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Examples from the Web for granulation

They consist of a substance like granulation tissue, with a varying proportion of cells.
Surgery, with Special Reference to Podiatry|Maximilian Stern
Small sequestra may be found embedded in the granulation tissue.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
The bone is replaced by granulation tissue, and disappears, or part of it may become sclerosed and in time form a sequestrum.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
But I have already shown that this is completely controlled by the system of granulation.
Gunnery in 1858|William Greener

These nodules break down by suppuration, and numerous minute abscesses lined by granulation tissues are thus formed.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

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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Word Origin and History for granulation

granulation

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

Medicine definitions for granulation

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.