granuloma

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An inflammatory nodule 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 foreign objects, keratin and suture fragments.
Any small nodule.

Pronunciation

/ˌɡɹæn.jəˈləʊ̯.mə/ /ˌɡɹæn.jʊˈləʊ̯.mə/ /ˌɡɹæ.nuˈləʊ̯.mə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-granuloma.wav /ˌɡɹæn.jəˈloʊ̯.mə/ /ˌɡɹæn.juˈloʊ̯.mə/ /ˌɡɹæ.nuˈloʊ̯.mə/

Word forms

granuloma granulomas granulomata

Etymology

From granule + -oma. Among the many words derived from -oma that are in current common use, this word is one of only a few that do not denote a neoplasm; another is hematoma.

Derived words

actinogranuloma antigranuloma fibrogranuloma granuloma annulare granuloma fungoides granuloma genitoinguinale granuloma inguinale granuloma inguinale tropicum granuloma venereum granuloma venereum genitoinguinale lick granuloma lipogranuloma microgranuloma necrogranuloma pyogranuloma ulcerating granuloma of the pudendum ulcerating sclerosing granuloma xanthogranuloma

Translations

Catalan: granuloma Chinese Mandarin: 肉芽腫 /肉芽肿 Dutch: granuloom Finnish: granulooma Irish: granalóma Italian: granuloma Japanese: 肉芽腫 Kazakh: гранулёма Korean: 육아종 Polish: ziarniniak Portuguese: granuloma Russian: гранулёма Serbo-Croatian: грану̀ло̄м Serbo-Croatian: granùlōm Spanish: granuloma Swedish: granulom Turkish: granülom

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