granulation

(gran-u-la’shun) (L. granula’tio]. 1. The division of hard or metallic substances into small particles. 2. The formation in wounds of small, rounded, fleshy ma es; also a ma so formed. 3. A small, round, abnormal ma of lymphoid ti ue, as on the conjunctiva of the lids or within the pharynx. Bayle's g’s, gray tubercular nodules of the lung that have undergone fibroid degeneration. Bright’s g's, the granulations of large white kidney. exuberant g@’8. Same as proud flesh. See flesh. Virchow’s ᾽Β, granulations containing epend and gliabers, found in the walls of the cerebral ventricles in general paralysis.