granulation tissue
- noun
- /ˌɡræn.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən ˈtɪʃ.uː/
- Specialized
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tejido de granulación
- After the surgery, the doctor noted that healthy granulation tissue was forming around the wound.
- granulation tissue formation
- abundant granulation tissue
- presence of granulation tissue
Examples
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The presence of granulation tissue indicated that the healing process was well underway.
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Otomicroscopic examination revealed that the tympanic membrane was again covered with granulation tissue.
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I use a 3% silver nitrate solution to reduce the size of the granulation tissue.
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Critical to the management of CSOM is the control of granulation tissue.
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In that case, it is probably prudent to remove the granulation tissue and the tube in one procedure.
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Another area of concern is the formation of granulation tissue on tracheotomy tubes.
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We also use steroid-containing drops, which play an important role in ears with granulation tissue.
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Callus formation occurs between 2 and 6 weeks after injury as the granulation tissue matures.
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The presence of granulation tissue can change the entire ecology and physiology of the ear canal.
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The surgical incision site had not healed, and granulation tissue with chronic discharge developed.
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Synonyms
New tissue and tiny blood vessels that grow on a wound as it heals
How Healed
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3.5
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'granulation' (growth of new tissue and tiny blood vessels) + 'tissue' yields the meaning ‘tissue formed by granulation’ describing new connective tissue and small blood vessels in a healing wound. Although somewhat technical vocabulary, the noun–noun composition is predictable and mirrors equivalent constructions in other languages, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Granulation tissue may come from the word granulation, linked to 'granule' meaning a small grain, because the new pink tissue in a healing wound often looks like many little grain-like bumps with tiny blood vessels. So, granulation tissue means the 'new tissue' that fills and helps a wound heal.