granulation

gran·u·la·tion   (grān'yə-lā'shən)    n.   The act or process of granulating. The condition or appearance of being granulated. Small, fleshy, beadlike protuberances, consisting of outgrowths of new capillaries, on the surface of a wound that is healing. Also called granulation tissue. The formation of these protuberances. Small, fleshy, beadlike protuberances, consisting of outgrowths of new capillaries, on the surface of a wound that is healing. Also called granulation tissue. The formation of these protuberances. The small, transient, brilliant granular markings on the photosphere of the sun.

Main Entry: gran·u·la·tion
Pronunciation: "gran-y&-'lA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the act or process of granulating : the condition of being granulated
2 a : one of the small elevations of a granulated surface: (1) : a minute mass of tissue projecting from the surface of anorgan (as on the eyelids in trachoma) (2) : one of the minute red granules made up of loops of newly formed capillaries that form on a raw surface (as of a wound) and that with fibroblasts arethe active agents in the process of healing —see GRANULATION TISSUE b : the act or process offorming such elevations or granules

granulation gran·u·la·tion (grān'yə-lā'shən)
n.

1. The process of forming grains or granules.

2. The state or appearance of having grains or granules.

3. Small, fleshy, beadlike protuberances, consisting of outgrowths of new capillaries, on the surface of a wound that is healing. Also called granulation tissue.

4. The formation of these protuberances.

granulation

in jewelry, type of decoration in which minute grains or tiny balls of gold are applied to a surface in geometric or linear patterns or massed to fill in parts of a decoration. First used as early as the 3rd millennium BC, it was known in western Asia and Egypt. The technique as practiced by the ancient Greeks, especially immediately following the Mycenaean Age, achieved an amazing fineness and could produce a texture of great richness.

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