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noun

Granulation n.

The act or process of forming or crystallizing into grains; as, the granulation of powder and sugar.

The state of being granulated.

(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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Etymology of 'Granulation'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Granulation" Quotes from Famous Books

... sutures, and where the natural retraction of the skin has laid the organ bare for some distance. I have seen a number so recorded, but do not remember seeing any remedy suggested, it seemingly being accepted that the recovery must take place by gradual granulation,—a necessarily very slow process, owing to the constant interference by—the always present in such ...

— History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present - Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance • Peter Charles Remondino

... man-shaped we would have come less than a third way up to its knees. I focussed my attention upon the twenty-foot-wide square that was the Keeper's foot. Its surface was jewel smooth, hyaline—yet beneath it was a suggestion of granulation, of close-packed, ...

— The Metal Monster • A. Merritt

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