Granuloma

What do we mean by granuloma?

Any of various nodular masses of granulocytic monocytes and other immune cells, including macrophages and eosinophils, that aggregate in response to a chronic infection, such as tuberculosis, or other inflammatory process. noun

In pathology, a growth resembling granulative tissue, produced in certain infectious diseases, as in tuberculosis, syphilis, or leprosy. noun

A tumor consisting of a mass of granular tissue that sometimes results from infection or injury noun

A tumor composed of granulation tissue resulting from injury or inflammation or infection noun

An inflammatory nodule found in many diseases, consisting of histiocytes (macrophages) attempting to wall off substances they perceive as foreign but are unable to eliminate, such as certain infectious organisms as well as other materials such as suture fragments

(medicine, less specific) any small nodule

Words that are spelled similarly to granuloma:
granuloma, granulosa, granulose, granulous, granulomata, granulomas, granulo, granulata, granulo-, granula.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word granuloma:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe granuloma:
eosinophilic, giant, pyogenic, reparative, periapical, central, peripheral, lethal, coccidioidal, chronic, dental, cell, foreign, solitary, pulmonary, tuberculous, infectious, apical, malignant, typical, inflammatory, sarcoid, infective, umbilical, multifocal, called, mediastinal, tuberculoid, hepatic, body, traumatic, spermatic, calcified, nonspecific, xanthomatous, nasal, subcutaneous, induced, ulcerating, cutaneous, histiocytic, like, paracoccidioidal, ulcerative, benign, characteristic, actinic, allergic, caseating, focal, vocal, idiopathic, conjunctival, laryngeal, venereal, unifocal, oral, facial, orbital, syphilitic, amebic, destructive, atypical, sperm, retinal, posterior, parasitic, formed, isolated, cerebral, necrotic, strauss, cryptococcal, fungal, necrobiotic, recurrent, extravascular, choroidal, reticuloendothelial, epithelioid, reticulohistiocytic, suppurative, intestinal, systemic, sarcoidal.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective granuloma:
formation, fungoides, venereum, inguinale, definition, annulare.

Words that sound like granuloma:
granuloma, granulose, granulate, grand lama, green yellow, granule, granular, granules, granulated, granulation.