| granular urethritis | <urology> Chronic urethritis with nodular lymphocytic infiltrations in the mucosa. Synonym: granular urethritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| granular vaginitis | A condition of cattle manifested by the appearance of small, spherical, transparent nodules in the mucosa of the vagina of cows and of the penis of bulls; the mucosa is reddened and a mucopurulent exudate appears on the affected surfaces; it is a non specific hyperplastic response of the lymphatic tissue of these areas to an irritant or an antigen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| granulate | Of a surface: granular. (09 Oct 1997) |
| granulated opium | Opium dried and reduced to a coarse powder; it contains 10 to 10.5% anhydrous morphine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| granulatio | Synonym: granulation. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| granulation | 1. The act or process of forming or crystallizing into grains; as, the granulation of powder and sugar. 2. The state of being granulated. 3. <medicine> One of the small, red, grainlike prominences which form on a raw surface (that of wounds or ulcers), and are the efficient agents in the process of healing. The act or process of the formation of such prominences. Origin: Cf. F. Granulation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| granulation tissue | Highly vascularised tissue that replaces the initial fibrin clot in a wound. Vascularisation is by ingrowth of capillary endothelium from the surrounding vasculature. The tissue is also rich in fibroblasts (that will eventually produce the fibrous tissue) and leucocytes. (18 Nov 1997) |
| granulationes | Plural of granulatio. (05 Mar 2000) |
| granulationes arachnoideales | Tufted prolongations of pia-arachnoid, composed of numerous arachnoid villi that penetrate dural venous sinuses and effect transfer of cerebrospinal fluid to the venous system. at advanced age these are more numerous and tend to calcify. Synonym: granulationes arachnoideales, arachnoidal granulations, pacchionian bodies, pacchionian corpuscles, pacchionian glands, pacchionian granulations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| granule | <pharmacology> A small quantity of a solid substance, smaller than a grain. Origin: L. Granulum (18 Nov 1997) |
| granule cell | Type of neuron found in the cerebellum. (18 Nov 1997) |
| granule cell of connective tissue | <cell biology, immunology> Resident cell of connective tissue that contains many granules rich in histamine and heparan sulphate. Release of histamine from mast cells is responsible for the immediate reddening of the skin in a weal and flare response. Very similar to basophils and possibly derived from the same stem cells. Two types of mast cells are now recognised, those from connective tissue and a distinct set of mucosal mast cells, the activities of the latter are T-cell dependent. (05 Jan 1998) |
| granule cells | Small nerve cell bodies in the external and internal granular layers of the cerebral cortex, small nerve cell bodies in the granular layer of the cerebellar cortex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| granuliform | <chemical> Having a granular structure; granular; as, granuliform limestone. Origin: Granule. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| granulite | <geology> A whitish, granular rock, consisting of feldspar and quartz intimately mixed; sometimes called whitestone, and leptynite. Origin: From Granule. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |