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What is the noun for granulomas?

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granuloma
  1. (pathology) an inflammatory nodule found in many diseases, consisting of histiocytes (macrophages) attempting to wall off substances they perceive as foreign but are unable to eliminate, such as certain infectious organisms as well as other materials such as suture fragments
  2. (medicine, less specific) any small nodule
  3. Examples:
    1. “A chest radiograph showed calcified lymph nodes at the right tracheobronchial angle and a left mid lung granuloma.”
      “Thermal cautery may produce a lower incidence of sperm granuloma than electrocautery.”
      “The differential diagnosis of a suture granuloma includes abscess, surgical wound inflammation, lipoma, neoplasm, or ganglion cyst.”
granulomatosis
  1. (pathology) Any disease or condition accompanied by multiple granulomas.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Bronchocentric granulomatosis can present radiologically as a single mass, as multiple masses, or as a more diffuse disease.”
      “The patient and his family listened in shock to the doctor's diagnosis of Wegener's granulomatosis, a life-threatening disease.”
      “Wegener granulomatosis, uncommon disorder characterized by inflammation and degeneration of small blood vessels.”
granulomas
  1. plural of granuloma
granulomata
  1. plural of granuloma
  2. Examples:
    1. “The granulomatous pattern showed a formation of multiple granulomata with various degrees of inflammatory cell infiltration.”
      “This showed a reactive lymph node with prominent geminal centres and focal areas in keeping with necrotising granulomata.”
      “The organism produces multiple necrotizing granulomata that will eventually destroy alveolar septa and produce bronchopneumonia, bronchitis, or tracheitis.”
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