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Granulation   /grˌænjəlˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Granulation

noun
1.
New connective tissue and tiny blood vessels that form on the surfaces of a wound during the healing process.  Synonym: granulation tissue.
2.
The act of forming something into granules or grains.






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"Granulation" Quotes from Famous Books



... for days and even for weeks and no serious or permanent trouble is experienced in some cases. If the synovitis or arthritis remains non-infected and the wound, traumatic or surgical, is not too large, healing by granulation occurs, and the discharge of synovia ceases. However, if synovial discharge persists too long because of tardy closure of an open joint, there is great danger of infection gaining entrance into the synovial cavity, or in some instances, desiccation of endothelial ...
— Lameness of the Horse - Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 • John Victor Lacroix

... the poor fellows who were wounded at the battle of Murfreesboro' now began to suffer from gangrene. Tents were pitched outside the hospital for such cases, and it was often my fate to stand beside these sufferers while the surgeon removed unhealthy granulation with instruments or eating acids, or in other ways tortured the poor ...
— Memories - A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War • Fannie A. (Mrs.) Beers



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



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