gran·u·la·tion
n 1 : the act or process of granulating : the condition of being granulated 2 a : one of the small elevations of a granulated surface (1) : a minute mass of tissue projecting from the surface of an organ (as on the eyelids in trachoma) (2) : one of the minute red granules made up of loops of newly formed capillaries that form on a raw surface (as of a wound) and that with fibroblasts are the active agents in the process of healing - see GRANULATION TISSUE b : the act or process of forming such elevations or granules .
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