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Definition: Granuloma |
GranulomaNoun1. A tumor composed of granulation tissue resulting from injury or inflammation or infection. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A relatively small nodular inflammatory lesion containing grouped mononuclear phagocytes, caused by infectious and noninfectious agents. (references) |
Medicine | A nodule or neoplasm consisting essentially of granulation tissue, occurring as a result of localized inflammation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Granuloma |
| English words defined with "granuloma": Calymmatobacterium, Calymmatobacterium granulomatis ♦ genus Calymmatobacterium, granuloma inguinale, granuloma venereum, gumma. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "granuloma": dust granuloma ♦ Eosinophilic Granuloma ♦ Foreign-Body Reaction ♦ Granuloma Annulare, granuloma pouch, Granuloma, Foreign-Body, Granuloma, Laryngeal, Granuloma, Lethal Midline, Granuloma, Plasma Cell, Granuloma, Plasma Cell, Orbital, Granuloma, Pyogenic, Granuloma, Respiratory Tract, Granulomatous Disease, Chronic ♦ hair granuloma, Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell ♦ Paracoccidioidomycosis, Periapical Granuloma, Periapical Periodontitis. (references) |
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 | Histopathology of lymph node shows effacement of architecture with great numbers of plump histiocytes. No granuloma formation or necrosis is present. Credit: CDC. |  | Acid-fast Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacillus is visible within granuloma. Credit: CDC. |
 | Coccidioides immitis fungi are visible within granuloma. Credit: CDC. |  | Granuloma in portal area. Brucellosis. Credit: CDC. |
 | The differential diagnosis proved to be that of granuloma inguinale and not Syphilis. Granuloma inguinale, caused by Calymmatobacterium granulomatis, results in surface destruction and granuloma formation of the skin and subcutaneous tissue. Credit: CDC. |  | Actinomyces sp. normally found in the oral cavity is an opportunistic pathogen usually seen only in immunosuppressed patients. Lesions involve long standing swelling, suppuration and the formation of an abscess or granuloma. Credit: CDC. |
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Health | Alveolitis either clears up spontaneously or leads to granuloma formation. (references) | |
The disease is considered inactive once the symptoms fade. After many years of experience with treating the disease, corticosteroids remain the primary treatment for inflammation and granuloma formation. (references) | ||
Identifying the agent that causes the illness, along with the inflammatory mechanisms that set the stage for the alveolitis, granuloma formation, and fibrosis that characterize the disease, is the major aim of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's program on sarcoidosis. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Granuloma" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Granuloma" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 11 | 106,044 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "granuloma": dust granuloma ♦ Eosinophilic Granuloma ♦ Granuloma Annulare ♦ Granuloma Inguinale ♦ granuloma pouch ♦ granuloma venereum ♦ hair granuloma ♦ Periapical Granuloma. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "granuloma": lympho-granuloma. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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| Language | Translations for "granuloma"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | granulom (inflammatory granuloma), granulationssvulst. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | granuloom, granuloma, granulatiegezwel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | granuloma inguinale (granuloma inguinale), tulehdusgranulooma (inflammatory granuloma), neljäs sukupuolitauti (granuloma inguinale), lokeronivusajos (granuloma inguinale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | granulome. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Granuloma, Granulom, Granulationstumor, Granulationsgeschwulst. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κοκκίωμα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | granuloma sclerosante (granuloma inguinale), granuloma anulare (granuloma annulare), granuloma cerebrale (cerebral granuloma), granuloma da penetrazione di peli o capelli (barbers'disease, barbers'pilonidal sinus, hair granuloma), granuloma di Druck (Druck granuloma), granuloma di Duerck (Duerck granuloma), granuloma infiammatorio (inflammatory granuloma), granuloma interdigitale dei parrucchieri (barbers'disease, barbers'pilonidal sinus, hair granuloma), granuloma silicotico (silicic acid granuloma), granuloma ulcerativo tropicale (granuloma inguinale), granuloma uretrale (urethral granuloma), granuloma venereo (granuloma inguinale, Ulcerating granuloma of the pudenda), granuloma inguinale (granuloma inguinale), sarcoma di HODGKIN (Hodgkin disease, Hodgkin granuloma, Hodgkin sarcoma, Reed-Hodgkin disease), botriomicoma (granuloma pyogenicum, pyogenic granuloma), linfogranuloma maligno di HODGKIN (Hodgkin disease, Hodgkin granuloma, Hodgkin sarcoma, Reed-Hodgkin disease), malattia di HODGKIN (Hodgkin disease, Hodgkin granuloma, Hodgkin sarcoma, Reed-Hodgkin disease), nodulo silicotico (dust granuloma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | anulomagray granuloma. (various references) granulom. (various references) granuloma. (various references) silikosknuta (dust granuloma), silikosgranulom (dust granuloma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "granuloma": granulomas, granulomata, granulomatous. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "granuloma": lymphogranuloma. (additional references) | |
Words containing "granuloma": lymphogranulomas, lymphogranulomata, lymphogranulomatoses, lymphogranulomatosis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-g-l-m-n-o-r-u" | |
-1 letter: monaural. | |
-2 letters: angular, arugola, glamour, granola, languor, organum, unmoral. | |
-3 letters: agonal, alarum, alumna, amoral, analog, angora, anural, glamor, granum, laguna, langur, lanugo, manual, morgan, morula, normal, organa, ourang, raglan, ragman, ranula, rugola. | |
-4 letters: agora, alamo, alang, alarm, algor, algum, almug, along, among, amour, argal, argol, argon, aroma, aural, gloam, gluon, gnarl, goral, graal, grama. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-g-l-m-n-o-r-u" | |
+1 letter: granulomas. | |
+2 letters: granulomata. | |
+4 letters: granulomatous. | |
+5 letters: unprogrammable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 72 61 6E 75 6C 6F 6D 61 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01110010 01100001 01101110 01110101 01101100 01101111 01101101 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G r a n u l o m a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0072 0061 006E 0075 006C 006F 006D 0061 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)418467808778817967 |
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Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch; Fins, finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, фински език, фински, Pinlandino, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, finskt, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finnskur, finnska, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, Finisi, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan, for Finnish; Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, فرنسي, اللغة الفرنسية, الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French; Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, المانية, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German; 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Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese; Roemeen, rumun, Rumanu, румънски език, румънски, румънец, Romanyan, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, rumæner, Roemeens, rumenskt, romanialainen, roumain, Roemeensk, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, 루마니아, Roomainagh, romeno, romanés, român, румын, румынский, rumunski, rumunski jezik, rumano, rumänsk, румунська мова, румун, румунський, румунка, for Romanian; 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