2 definitions found
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 1.6 [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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