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GRANULE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tiny grain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("granule" is a kind of...):
grain (a relatively small granular particle of a substance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "granule"):
microsome (a tiny granule in the cytoplasm that is where protein synthesis takes place under the direction of mRNA)
chondrule (small granule (of e.g. chrysolite) found in some meteoric rocks)
plastid (any of various small particles in the cytoplasm of the cells of plants and some animals containing pigments or starch or oil or protein)
Context examples:
NK Cell Activation involves interaction with virus-infected or transformed cells by diverse adhesion or co-stimulatory molecules and release of cytokines, chemokines, and lethal chemicals from granules.
(NK Cell Activation, NCI Thesaurus)
The irregular network or rows of fine ribonucleoprotein granules or microfilaments forming most of the nucleolus.
(Nucleolonema, NCI Thesaurus)
A malignant neuroendocrine neoplasm composed of cells containing secretory granules that stain positive for NSE and chromogranin.
(Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A type of immune cell that has granules (small particles) with enzymes that can kill tumor cells or cells infected with a virus.
(Natural killer cell, NCI Dictionary)
An envelope into which only one dose of a drug product, usually in the form of granules or powder, has been directly placed.
(Packet, NCI Thesaurus)
Leukocytes with abundant granules in the cytoplasm.
(Murine Granulocytes, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A supplement containing granules composed of pollen gathered by bees for food and honey.
(Bee Pollen, NCI Thesaurus)
Its cytoplasm is composed of tightly packed mitochondria and glycogen granules, with rare secretory granules, stains pink, and the margin is usually observed.
(Parathyroid Gland Oxyphil Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
Just one of these granules would extend from the Sun to beyond Venus.
(Giant Bubbles on Red Giant Star’s Surface, ESO)
Typically, when the body senses bacteria or an injury, neutrophils rush to the invasion site and release germ killing chemicals from the granules.
(Immune cells may heal bleeding brain after strokes, National Institutes of Health)
