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granulomatous

granulomatous

1 9.9
Having small round areas of swelling in body tissue
  • adjective
  • /ˌɡrænjʊˈloʊmətəs/
  • Specialized
: granulomatoso
  • Nasal tuberculosis is a rare, chronic, granulomatous infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
  • granulomatous inflammation
  • granulomatous disease
  • granulomatous reaction

They produce a lot of granulomatous reactions or foreign body reactions.

Examples

  • Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease with a widely variable clinical course.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Silicosis: A granulomatous disease, often primarily of the lung, caused by exposure to silica dust.

    Academic text (2018)
  • They produce a lot of granulomatous reactions or foreign body reactions.

  • Pathological material taken from the mass revealed granulomatous reaction for tuberculosis.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Histologically, there is no evidence of tissue invasion or granulomatous inflammation.

    Academic text (2004)
  • The patient was diagnosed with a chronic granulomatous inflammation that was consistent with tuberculosis.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Histopathologic examination will reveal no invasion of the mucosa and no granulomatous reactions.

    Academic text (2004)
  • A biopsy revealed chronic granulomatous inflammation (figure 1, A and B).

    Academic text (2005)
  • Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease with widely variable clinical characteristics, including numerous head and neck manifestations.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The patient was diagnosed with a chronic granulomatous inflammation consistent with tuberculosis.

Synonyms

inflammatory
vsgranulomatous
  • Specialized
36 6.8

Causing swelling, redness, and pain in a part of the body

describes inflammation that forms small organised immune cell lumps in tissue

Surface Forms

granulomatous positive

Morphology

granulomatous = granuloma (transparent) = granuloma + ous

Formed directly from the noun 'granuloma' with the adjectival suffix '-ous', meaning 'relating to or characterized by granulomas'.

Etymology

Granulomatous comes from granule, meaning 'small grain', and the medical ending -omatous, which shows a kind of 'growth' or condition. So, granulomatous describes tissue with many tiny, grain-like lumps of inflammation.