granulation tissue

American  

noun

Pathology.

1. tissue formed in ulcers and in early wound healing and repair, composed largely of newly growing capillaries and so called from its irregular surface in open wounds; proud flesh.

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granulation tissue British  

noun

1. Nontechnical name: proud flesh.  a mass of new connective tissue and capillaries formed on the surface of a healing ulcer or wound, usually leaving a scar

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Etymology

Origin of granulation tissue

First recorded in 1870–75

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granulation tissue

Before the basal stem cells of the stratum basale can recreate the epidermis, fibroblasts mobilize and divide rapidly to repair the damaged tissue by collagen deposition, forming granulation tissue.

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When a large amount of granulation tissue forms and capillaries disappear, a pale scar is often visible in the healed area.

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Angiogenesis, the growth of new blood vessels, results in vascularization of the new tissue known as granulation tissue.

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This sequence was chiefly of prognostic significance as an indication of intra-cranial inflammation, usually of a chronic character, and affecting rather the lowly organised granulation tissue formed in the cavity than the brain itself.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins

Another variety, the verruca acuminata, sometimes erroneously denominated epithelial cancers, are irregularly shaped elevations, tufted or club shaped, occasionally existing as thick, short, fleshy excrescences, giving the growth the appearance of granulation tissue.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry