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granulation

American  
[gran-yuh-ley-shuhn] / ˌgræn yəˈleɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the act or process of granulating.

  2. a granulated condition.

  3. any of the grains of a granulated surface.

  4. Pathology.

    1. the formation of granulation tissue, especially in healing.

    2. granulation tissue.

  5. Astronomy. one of the small, short-lived features of the sun's surface that in the aggregate give it a mottled appearance when viewed with a telescope.

Etymology

Origin of granulation

First recorded in 1606–15; granule + -ation

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