granulation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun new connective tissue and tiny blood vessels that form on the surfaces of a wound during the healing process
    granulation tissue.
  2. noun the act of forming something into granules or grains
    • the granulation of medicines

WordNet

Gran`u*la"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. granulation.
Definitions
  1. The act or process of forming or crystallizing into grains; as, the granulation of powder and sugar.
  2. The state of being granulated.
  3. (Med.) (a) One of the small, red, grainlike prominences which form on a raw surface (that of wounds or ulcers), and are the efficient agents in the process of healing. (b) The act or process of the formation of such prominences.

Webster 1913