granuloma

American  

[gran-yuh-loh-muh] / ˌgræn yəˈloʊ mə /

noun

Pathology.

plural

granulomas, granulomata

1. an inflammatory tumor or growth composed of granulation tissue.

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granuloma British  

/ ˌɡrænjʊˈlɒmətəs, ˌɡrænjʊˈləʊmə /

noun

1. a tumour composed of granulation tissue produced in response to chronic infection, inflammation, a foreign body, or to unknown causes

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Other Word Forms

• granulomatous adjective

Etymology

Origin of granuloma

First recorded in 1860–65; granule + -oma

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• granuloma vs. granulation tissue

Example Sentences

The 38-year-old, who works as a train driver, says he had his work and life upended by the cholesterol granuloma between his brain and eye socket, and still deals with the aftermath two years later.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2025

However, it also has the beneficial side effect of reducing the amount of matrix being created inside a granuloma, thus opening the compressed blood vessels and restoring blood flow.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

Now, she said, she has a calcified granuloma that makes it difficult to carry things or stand for long periods.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2023

He was told a granuloma – a mass of tissue that forms in response to infection – had appeared in the same spot where a surgeon had removed another growth in late October.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2012

A rare form of disease, heretofore looked upon as sarcomatous, but now generally recognized as granuloma, and formerly described under the names mycosis fungoides, inflammatory fungoid neoplasm, and several others.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman