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GRANULOMA (granulomata)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does granuloma mean?
• GRANULOMA (noun)
The noun GRANULOMA has 1 sense:
1. a tumor composed of granulation tissue resulting from injury or inflammation or infection
Familiarity information: GRANULOMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tumor composed of granulation tissue resulting from injury or inflammation or infection
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("granuloma" is a kind of...):
neoplasm; tumor; tumour (an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "granuloma"):
gumma (a small rubbery granuloma that is characteristic of an advanced stage of syphilis)
Derivation:
granulomatous (relating to or characterized by granulomas)
Context examples
Chronic inflammation of the endometrium characterized by the presence of epithelioid granulomas.
(Granulomatous Endometritis, NCI Thesaurus)
Relating to or characterized by granulomas.
(Granulomatous, NCI Thesaurus)
Peripheral giant cell granuloma refers to the gingiva (giant cell epulis); central refers to the jaw.
(Giant Cell Granuloma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
It is characterized by the formation of granulomas in the prostatic tissue.
(Granulomatous Prostatitis, NCI Thesaurus)
Type of chronic prostatic inflammation, characterized microscopically by a dominant component of granuluomas or cell types characteristic of granulomas, that is histiocytes/macrophages.
(Infectious Granulomatous Prostatitis of Mouse, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
It is also called paracoccidioidal granuloma.
(Paracoccidioidomycosis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
It is characterized by the formation of granulomas around the seminiferous tubules.
(Non-Specific Granulomatous Orchitis, NCI Thesaurus)
Patients often present with midfacial destructive lesions (lethal midline granuloma).
(Nasal Type Extranodal NK/T-Cell Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Prolonged exposure can result in a chronic beryllium disease called berylliosis causing granuloma and fibrosis formation in the lungs.
(Beryl Ore, NCI Thesaurus)
The clinical course includes the appearance of granulomata in the skin and gastrointestinal or genitourinary tracts.
(Chronic Granulomatous Disease, NCI Thesaurus)
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