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Related Terms:
intragranulomatous
cryptococcoma
histiocyte
lipogranuloma
muslinoma
microgranuloma
granulomas
nodule
histoplasmoma
suture
gauzoma
gumma
antigranuloma
necrogranuloma
granulomatosis
myelophthisis
inflammatory
actinogranuloma
infectious organism
granulomatous
macrophage
Definitions:
Noun
granuloma
Definition: a tumor composed of granulation tissue resulting from injury or inflammation or infection
Definition: 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.