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GRANULOSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does granulose mean?
• GRANULOSE (adjective)
The adjective GRANULOSE has 1 sense:
1. composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
Familiarity information: GRANULOSE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
Synonyms:
coarse-grained; farinaceous; grainy; granular; granulose; gritty; mealy
Context example:
it left a mealy residue
Similar:
coarse; harsh (of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles)
Context examples
Very rare case reports of testicular lesions morphologically resembling gynandroblastomas are in fact variants of juvenile granulose cell tumor, or Sertoli cell tumor, or a combination of both.
(Ovarian Gynandroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)
This species is motile, produces the type E toxin, can only grow in the absence of oxygen, produces butyric acid, forms endospores and ferments granulose.
(Clostridium butyricum, NCI Thesaurus)
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