granulation noun. [granjʊ'leɪʃ(ǝ)n] E17.
[formed as GRANULE + -ATION.]
1. The action or process of forming into granules or grains; the condition of being granulated. Also (in pl.), granules. E17.

2. Medicine. (The process of healing by) the formation of multiple small prominences on the surface of injured tissue, as part of the growth of new connective tissue. Also (in pl.), the prominences so formed. M18.

3. gen. The formation or existence of small granular projections or bodies on the surface or in the substance of an object. Also, the structure, or (in pl.) the granules, so formed. L18.

Comb.:
granulation tissue connective tissue newly grown at the site of a wound etc.

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