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granulation

noun

Etymology

From Late Latin grānulum (“granule”) + -ation. Attested earlier than granule and granulate. By surface analysis, granulate + -ion.

Definitions

  1. The formation of granules, or of cereal grains.

  2. The condition of being granulated.

  3. Granulated tissue on the surface of a healing wound

    Granulated tissue on the surface of a healing wound; granulation tissue.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A bright, transient granular marking on the Sun's photosphere.

    2. The attachment of granules of precious metal to underlying metal of jewellery.

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Derived

degranulation, granulation tissue, hypergranulation, magnetogranulation, mesogranulation, overgranulation, regranulation, supergranulation

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