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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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... Batrachians, they are only partially impregnated and the embryo is never fully developed: the first step, however, towards development, namely, the partial segmentation of the yelk, does occur to a greater or less extent, but is never completed up to granulation. The rate of the segmentation is likewise determined by the number of the spermatozoa. With respect to plants, nearly the same results were obtained by Koelreuter and Gaertner. This last careful observer ...

— The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) • Charles Darwin

... his presence without exacting probation. He is a rare respecter of persons. Though there are faces, like King Henry V.'s, which the sun will not condescend to burn, sometimes he smites savagely. He makes of the countenances of his foes a fry and of their bodies a comprehensive granulation. But if you find favour in his eyes—in those discriminating, ruthless, sight-absorbing glances which none may reciprocate—accept your privileges with a thrill of chastened pride that you may bask in his presence and be worthy his livery and of gladsome ...

— My Tropic Isle • E J Banfield

... noted that both mediate and immediate winter grafts make a slower start in the spring than do the grafts inserted in springtime. This is perhaps due to the formation of a protective corky cell layer over wound surfaces. New granulation tissue would then find some degree of mechanical obstacle in the presence of a corky ...

— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting • Various

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