new connective tissue and tiny blood vessels that form on the surfaces of a wound during the healing process
state noun (stable states of affairs)
granulation tissues
late Latin granulum
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new connective tissue and tiny blood vessels that form on the surfaces of a wound during the healing process. Granulation tissue typically grows from the base of a wound and is able to fill wounds of almost any size it heals. During the proliferative ... (44 of 510 words, 2 images)
a mass of new connective tissue and capillaries formed on the surface of a healing ulcer or wound, usually leaving a scar (22 of 266 words)
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The act or process of granulating. | The condition or appearance of being granulated. | Small, fleshy, beadlike protuberances, consisting of ... (19 of 56 words, 5 definitions, pronunciation)
Syllabification: (gran·u·la·tion tis·sue) Entry from United States Dictionary | new vascular tissue in granular form on an ulcer or the healing ... (20 of 41 words, 2 definitions)
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tissue formed in ulcers and in early wound healing and repair, composed largely of newly growing capillaries and so called from its irregular surface ... (24 of 32 words)
tissue made up of granulations that temporarily replaces lost tissue in a wound (13 of 27 words)
in jewelry, type of decoration in which minute grains or tiny balls of gold are applied to a surface in geometric or linear patterns or massed to fill ... (28 of 151 words, 2 images)
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The formation of granules | [uncountable] The condition of being granulated | Granulated tissue on the surface of a healing wound; granulation tissue | [astronomy] A bright, transient granular marking on the Sun's photosphere | The attachment of... (34 of 47 words, 5 definitions)
formation into granules or grains | [medicine] ; the formation of a small mass of tiny red granules of newly formed capillaries, as on the surface of ... (26 of 35 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
supportive tissue widely distributed in the body, characterized by large amounts of intercellular substance and relatively few cells. The ... (19 of 255 words)
the parts of your body that connect or support organs and other parts of your body (16 of 43 words)
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the strong stretchy material that acts as a support around the organs in the body and is also found in the joints (places where two bones are ... (27 of 37 words, pronunciations)
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connective tissue in the form of small grainy particles along with masses of tiny blood vessels that forms over healing wounds (21 of 29 words)
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First use: Early 17th century
Origin: late Latin granulum
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First use: Mid-17th century
Origin: late Latin granulum "small seed" from Latin granum "seed"
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