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noun
Granulation  n.  
1.
The act or process of forming or crystallizing into grains; as, the granulation of powder and sugar.
2.
The state of being granulated.
3.
(Med.)
(a)
One of the small, red, grainlike prominences which form on a raw surface (that of wounds or ulcers), and are the efficient agents in the process of healing.
(b)
The act or process of the formation of such prominences.






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"Granulation" Quotes from Famous Books



... form. After the escape of the core or slough along with a certain amount of pus, a space, the abscess-cavily', is left, the walls of which are lined with new vascular tissue which has itself escaped destruction. This lowly organized material is called granulation tissue, and exactly resembles the growth which covers the floor of an ulcer. These granulations eventually fill the contracting cavity and obliterate it by forming interstitial scar-tissue. This is called healing by second intention. Pus may accumulate in a normal cavity, such as a joint or ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia

... to the bullet with this powder, and with a pressure in the chamber of the gun of not more than fifteen English tons. This is, of course, when the gun, cartridge case, primer, and projectile are adapted to the use of smokeless powder, and the granulation of the ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, Sep. 26, 1891 • Various

... fine powder; flocculi [Lat.]. smoke; cloud of dust, cloud of sand, cloud of smoke; puff of smoke, volume of smoke; sand storm, dust storm. [Reduction to powder] pulverization, comminution^, attenuation, granulation, disintegration, subaction^, contusion, trituration [Chem], levigation^, abrasion, detrition, multure^; limitation; tripsis^; filing &c v.. [Instruments for pulverization] mill, arrastra^, gristmill, grater, rasp, file, mortar and pestle, nutmeg ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget



Words linked to "Granulation" :   granulation tissue, granulate, connective tissue, proud flesh, shaping, formation



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