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noun Pathology.

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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Origin of granulation tissue

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby granulation tissue

granular, granularity, granulate, granulated sugar, granulation, granulation tissue, granule, granulite, granuloblast, granulocyte, granulocytopenia

How to use granulation tissue in a sentence

Any granulation tissue is curetted away and the cavity dried.
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Granulation tissue, for instance, may have temporarily closed the mouth of the fistula.
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The ear is syringed out to remove any fragments of granulation tissue or blood-clot.
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Any patches of soft carious bone or granulation tissue should be removed with the curette.
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Exuberant granulation tissue is significant of underlying bone disease.
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British Dictionary definitions for granulation tissue

granulation tissue

noun

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

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