granuloma

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UK/ˌɡɹæn.jəˈləʊ̯.mə/UK/ˌɡɹæn.jʊˈləʊ̯.mə/UK/ˌɡɹæ.nuˈləʊ̯.mə/US/ˌɡɹæn.jəˈloʊ̯.mə/

noun

An inflammatory nodule consisting of histiocytes (macrophages) attempting to wall off substances they perceive as foreign but are unable to eliminate, such as certain infectious organisms as well as other materials such as foreign objects, keratin and suture fragments.

OriginEnglish granule ← French granule ← Latin grānulum →
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Meanings

noungranuloma (plural granulomas or granulomata)

plural granulomas · plural granulomata

  1. strictlymedicineAn inflammatory nodule consisting of histiocytes (macrophages) attempting to wall off substances they perceive as foreign but are unable to eliminate, such as certain infectious organisms as well as other materials such as foreign objects, keratin and suture fragments.
  2. broadlymedicineAny small nodule.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵerh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵr̥h₂-nós
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵr̥h₂nóm
  4. Proto-Italic*grānom
  5. Latingrānum
  6. Latinulum
  7. Latingrānulum
  8. Frenchgranule
  9. Englishgranule
  10. Englishgranuloma

From granule + -oma. Among the many words derived from -oma that are in current common use, this word is one of only a few that do not denote a neoplasm; another is hematoma.

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Translations

Catalan granuloma
  • granulomatumor
Chinese Mandarin 肉芽腫 /肉芽肿
  • 肉芽腫 /肉芽肿 (ròuyázhǒng)tumor
Dutch granuloom
  • granuloomtumor
Finnish granulooma
  • granuloomatumor
French granulome
  • granulometumor
Irish granalóma
  • granalómatumor
Italian granuloma
  • granulomatumor
Japanese 肉芽腫
  • 肉芽腫 (nikugeshu)tumor
Korean 육아종
  • 육아종 (yugajong)tumor
Latin grānulōma
  • grānulōmatumor
Polish ziarniniak
  • ziarniniaktumor
Portuguese granuloma
  • granulomatumor
Russian гранулёма
  • гранулёма (granuljóma)tumor
Spanish granuloma
  • granulomatumor
Swedish granulom
  • granulomtumor
Turkish granülom
  • granülomtumor

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with granuloma

OklahomasomaTacomacarcinomalymphomaaromacomamelanomaomaadenocarcinomachromaadenomaOmaghstromastomasangomahamartomamyomabromapleromaacanthomaacanthosomacrepidomaendometrioma
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Cite this entry
APA

granuloma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/granuloma

MLA

“granuloma.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/granuloma. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “granuloma,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/granuloma.

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