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Granulation

noun

New connective tissue and tiny blood vessels that form on the surfaces of a wound during the healing process. Synonym: granulation tissue.

The act of forming something into granules or grains.

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"Granulation" Quotes from Famous Books

... consequently often quite denuded of its covering, which in the case of almost any other tree would cause its death, but this has no effect on the mowana except to make it throw out a new bark, which is done in the way of granulation. This stripping of the bark is repeated frequently, so that it is common to see the lower five or six feet an inch or two less in diameter than the parts above; even portions of the bark which have broken in the process of being taken off, but remain separated from the parts below, though still ...

— Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa - Journeys and Researches in South Africa • David Livingstone

... laid the organ bare for some distance. I have seen a number so recorded, but do not remember seeing any remedy suggested, it seemingly being accepted that the recovery must take place by gradual granulation,—a necessarily very slow process, owing to the constant interference by—the always ...

— History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present - Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance • Peter Charles Remondino

Words linked to "Granulation" : proud flesh, granulate, granulation tissue, connective tissue, formation, shaping