Hypertext Webster Gateway: "granulation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Granulation \Gran`u*la"tion\, n. [Cf. F. granulation.]
1. The act or process of forming or crystallizing into
grains; as, the granulation of powder and sugar.
2. The state of being granulated.
3. (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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
granulation
n : new connective tissue and tiny blood vessels that form on
the surfaces of a wound during the healing process [syn:
{granulation tissue}]
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