GRANULE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does granule mean? 

• GRANULE (noun)
  The noun GRANULE has 1 sense:

1. a tiny grain

  Familiarity information: GRANULE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRANULE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tiny grain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("granule" is a kind of...):

grain (a relatively small granular particle of a substance)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "granule"):

microsome (a tiny granule in the cytoplasm that is where protein synthesis takes place under the direction of mRNA)

chondrule (small granule (of e.g. chrysolite) found in some meteoric rocks)

plastid (any of various small particles in the cytoplasm of the cells of plants and some animals containing pigments or starch or oil or protein)

 Context examples 

They found that an abundant jelly ingredient, Major Royal Jelly Protein-3 (MRJP-3), binds the RNA to form granules that concentrate and protect it from environmental damage.

(Discovery of RNA transfer through royal jelly could aid development of honey bee vaccines, University of Cambridge)

One method involves the release of secretory granules containing perforin and granzyme to induce lysis of the targeted cell.

(Cytotoxic T Cell Surface Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A pharmaceutical dosage form comprised of delayed release granules designed to form a suspension.

(Delayed Release Granule for Suspension Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of leukemia in which large natural killer (NK) cells (a type of white blood cell) that contain granules (small particles) are found in the blood.

(Chronic Lymphoproliferative Disorder of NK-Cells, NCI Dictionary)

Chromogranin Genes encode Chromogranins, widespread heterogenous acidic soluble glycopropolypeptide constituents of neuroendocrine and chromaffin cell secretory granules that elicit an effect themselves or serve as precursors to many biologically active peptides.

(Chromogranin Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A small sterile solid mass consisting of a highly purified drug (with or without excipients) made by the formation of granules, or by compression and molding.

(Pellet Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Mutant alleles are associated with specific granule deficiency.

(CEBPE wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The act of forming granules by mechanically applying pressure by rollers to form a compact that is subsequently milled and screened resulting in dry granules.

(Dry Roller Compaction Granulation, NCI Thesaurus)

The act of forming granules by mechanically applying pressure by punch and die to form a compact that is subsequently milled and screened resulting in dry granules.

(Dry Slugging Granulation, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant neuroendocrine neoplasm comprising cells containing secretory granules.

(Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)