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granule

noun
/ˈɡɹæn.juːl/UK/ˈɡɹæn.jul/US

Etymology

Borrowed from French granule or directly from Late Latin grānulum, diminutive of Latin grānum (“grain”); for more, see grain. By surface analysis, grain + -ule.

  1. derived from grānum
  2. borrowed from grānulum
  3. borrowed from granule

Definitions

  1. A tiny grain, a small particle.

  2. A small structure in a cell.

  3. A particle from 2 to 4 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. a small mark in the photosphere of the sun caused by convection currents. See also…

      a small mark in the photosphere of the sun caused by convection currents. See also Wikipedia:Granule (solar physics).

The neighborhood

Derived

agranulocyte, agranulosis, anti-bumping granule, antibumping granule, Birbeck granule, Fordyce granule, Fordyce's granule, granule cell, granuliferous, granuliform, granulin, granulite, granulize, granuloblast, granulocyte, granuloma, granulometer, granulometry, granulopenia, granulopoiesis, granulose, granzyme, lamellar granule, mesogranule, microgranule, nanogranule, Nissl granule, pollen granule, subgranule, supergranule

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