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GRANULOMATOUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or characterized by granulomas

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

granuloma (a tumor composed of granulation tissue resulting from injury or inflammation or infection)

Derivation:

granuloma (a tumor composed of granulation tissue resulting from injury or inflammation or infection)

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 Context examples: 

It is characterized by tumor-like masses or nodules of granulomatous tissue comprised of activated histiocytes, epitheliod cells, and multinucleated giant cells.

(Granulomatous Dermatitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Although the precise mechanism of action is unknown, upon intravesical administration, attenuated, live BCG bacteria in the solution come into direct contact with the bladder wall, inciting an antitumor granulomatous inflammatory reaction.

(BCG solution, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutations in this gene are associated with both atypical mycobacteriosis, familial, X-linked 2 and chronic granulomatous disease, X-linked.

(CYBB wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Morphologically, there is a dense granulomatous dermal atypical lymphocytic infiltrate, often associated with multinucleated giant cells.

(Granulomatous Slack Skin Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Multinucleated cells (fused macrophages), characteristic of granulomatous inflammation, which form around exogenous material in the skin.

(Foreign Body Giant Cell, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The presence of living worms in the body is mainly asymptomatic but the death of adult worms leads to granulomatous inflammation and permanent fibrosis.

(Filariasis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Benign granulomatous disease of unknown etiology characterized by a ring of localized or disseminated papules or nodules on the skin and palisading histiocytes surrounding necrobiotic tissue resulting from altered collagen structures.

(Granuloma Annulare, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A granulomatous inflammatory reaction evoked by the presence of an exogenous material in the tissues, a characteristic feature of which is the formation of foreign body giant cells.

(Foreign Body Reaction, NCI Thesaurus)

This may result from surgical or radiation ablation, non-secretory pituitary neoplasms, metastatic tumors, infarction, pituitary apoplexy, infiltrative or granulomatous processes, and other conditions.

(Hypopituitarism, NCI Thesaurus)

Characteristic cells of granulomatous hypersensitivity.

(Epithelioid Cell, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)