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granulation
  1. The formation of granules, or of cereal grains
  2. (uncountable) The condition of being granulated
  3. Granulated tissue on the surface of a healing wound; granulation tissue
  4. (astronomy) A bright, transient granular marking on the Sun's photosphere
  5. The attachment of granules of precious metal to underlying metal of jewellery
  6. Examples:
    1. “The original hematoma is replaced by granulation tissue with gradually increasing collagen content.”
      “These changes may result in granulation, fissures, ecchymoses, telangiectases and ulcerations.”
      “Honey granulates most rapidly between 55 and 65 degrees and temperature changes will tend to accelerate the granulation process.”
granule
  1. A tiny grain, a small particle.
  2. (biology) A small structure in a cell.
  3. (geology) A particle from 2 to 4 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
  4. (astronomy) a small mark in the photosphere of the sun caused by convection currents. See also Wikipedia:Granule (solar physics).
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “These two molecules are assembled together to form a semi-crystalline starch granule.”
      “The initial hydrolytic attack on the intact, semi-crystalline starch granule is thought to be via endoamylases.”
      “Another region of neuron formation is the dentate gyrus, where a special type of neuron, the granule cell, is generated.”
granularization
  1. The act or process of granularizing.
  2. The result of granularizing; a set of granules or distinct subentities.
granularity
  1. (uncountable) The condition of being granular
  2. (countable) The extent to which something is granular
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The additional insight obtained here is the indication of the effective DNA granularity and thickness.”
      “Others had a brown, thicker, and coarser membrane, with irregular granularity on the outside.”
      “Crystalline texture refers to granularity and was measured using categories modified from Rick.”
granulose
  1. (biochemistry) The main constituent of the starch grain or granule, in distinction from the framework of cellulose. It is coloured blue by iodine, and is converted into dextrin and sugar by boiling acids and amylolytic ferments.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Foraminifera, or forams, are abundant marine and freshwater amoebae with granulose, reticulating pseudopodia.”
      “Nutrient supply was enhanced by a granulose fertilizer containing nitrogen and phosphorus, and grazer density was manipulated by exclusion cages.”
      “Columella white, hemispheric or depressed and irregular, the surface granulose.”
granulocytopenia
  1. (pathology) An abnormally low concentration of certain white blood cells called granulocytes in the blood. This condition reduces the body's resistance to many infections.
granulocytosis
  1. (medicine) The presence in peripheral blood of an increased number of granulocytes.
granulocyte
  1. (cytology) Any of various blood cells that have granules in their cytoplasm.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The most common type of granulocyte, the neutrophils, move to infected parts of the body to engulf and consume invading bacteria.”
      “The marrow often has to be supported with granulocyte stimulating factor or erythropoietin.”
      “Neutrophils are the most common type of granulocyte, making up about 60 to 70 percent of all white blood cells.”
granuloblast
  1. Synonym of myeloblast (an immature granulocyte)
granularisation
  1. Alternative spelling of granularization
granulopoiesis
  1. The formation and development of granulocytes
  2. Synonyms:
granulator
  1. A machine that forms material into granules
  2. Examples:
    1. “A central granulator or beside-the-press granulator can also be used for this type of process.”
      “In 1964, it produces its first granulator, soon followed by the Convair dryer and Convector feeder.”
granulocytopoiesis
granulocytopoieses
granularizations
  1. plural of granularization
granulocytoses
  1. plural of granulocytosis
granulopoieses
granuloblasts
  1. plural of granuloblast
granulocytes
  1. plural of granulocyte
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Leukocytes were classified as lymphocytes, thrombocytes, granulocytes and monocytes, and percentages of cell types were calculated.”
      “Absolute cell counts of macrophages, lymphocytes, and eosinophilic and neutrophilic granulocytes were calculated.”
      “Both inflammatory and antiinflammatory responses were attenuated, whereas the innate cell function of granulocytes and monocytes was preserved.”
granulations
  1. plural of granulation
granularities
granulators
  1. plural of granulator
  2. Examples:
    1. “Large and medium tangential series granulators suitable for bottles and other bulky shapes.”
      “Multifunction heavy-duty auger granulators for high throughput reclamation of precut sheet guillontined skeleton.”
      “Makes knives for pelletizers, granulators, slitters, and extrusion cutoff.”
granules
  1. plural of granule
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Case 1 was highly cellular, contained scattered cells with argyrophilic granules, and was not associated with cancerization of lobules.”
      “The strongly iridescent colors of bird feathers are produced by arrays of melanin granules in the barbules of feathers.”
      “Shake a few gravy granules, or break a stock cube over the top and fill the dish with water.”
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