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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