granulomatous

Meanings

1. 1adjectivebefore a nounmedical

   Marked by granulomas, which are small clumps of immune cells that form in tissue after infection or irritation.

   Grammar: Mostly before a noun: granulomatous disease.

   Patterns

   • granulomatous inflammation
   • granulomatous disease

   The biopsy showed granulomatous inflammation in the lung tissue.

   Tuberculosis is a classic granulomatous infection.

   Doctors tested for granulomatous disease after the scan.

2. 2adjectivebefore a nounmedical

   Describing a tissue or lesion that has the nodular, lumpy character of a granuloma.

   Grammar: Used in reports to describe lesions.

   Patterns

   • granulomatous lesion
   • granulomatous tissue

   The report noted a granulomatous lesion near the liver.

   Granulomatous tissue was seen under the microscope.

   A granulomatous mass formed around the foreign body.

Common combinations

granulomatous inflammation

The slide showed granulomatous inflammation.

granulomatous disease

Crohn's can be a granulomatous disease.

granulomatous reaction

A granulomatous reaction followed the injection.

granulomatous lesion

A granulomatous lesion appeared on the scan.

granulomatous infection

Tuberculosis is a granulomatous infection.

Synonyms and how they differ

inflammatory

Inflammatory is the broad term for inflammation, while granulomatous names a specific clumped pattern.

nodular

Nodular describes any lumpy form, but granulomatous implies immune cells forming those lumps.

granular

Granular means made of grains and is not a medical diagnosis, unlike granulomatous.

Word family

granuloma noun

a small mass of inflamed tissue

granulomata noun

plural of granuloma

granulation noun

the forming of small grain-like tissue

granule noun

a small grain

Commonly confused: granulomatous or granular?

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