granuloma

granuloma

English

Etymology

granule +‎ -oma

Noun

granuloma (without necrosis) from a lymph node of a patient with Mycobacterium avium infection

granuloma (plural granulomas or granulomata)

1. (pathology) 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.
2. (medicine, less specific) any small nodule

Translations

tumor

Catalan: granuloma m Chinese: Mandarin: 肉芽腫／肉芽肿 (ròuyázhǒng) Dutch: granuloom n Finnish: granulooma (fi) Irish: granalóma m Italian: granuloma (it) Japanese: 肉芽腫 (にくげしゅ, nikugeshu) Kazakh: гранулёма (granulema) Korean: 육아종(肉芽腫) (yugajong) Polish: ziarniniak m Portuguese: granuloma m Russian: гранулёма (ru) m (granuljóma) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: грану̀ло̄м m Latin: granùlōm (sh) m Spanish: granuloma (es) Swedish: granulom (sv) n Turkish: granülom

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ɡɾə.nuˈlo.mə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ɡɾa.nuˈlo.ma/
• Rhymes: -oma
• Hyphenation: gra‧nu‧lo‧ma

Noun

granuloma m (plural granulomes)

1. (pathology) granuloma

Derived terms

• granulomatós

Further reading

• “granuloma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

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Interlingua

Noun

granuloma (plural granulomas)

1. granuloma

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Italian

Noun

granuloma m (plural granulomi)

1. (pathology) granuloma

Related terms

• granulo
• granulomatoso

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Portuguese

Noun

granuloma m (plural granulomas)

1. (medicine) granuloma (tumour consisting of a mass of granular tissue)

Related terms

• grão

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾanuˈloma/ [ɡɾa.nuˈlo.ma]
• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: gra‧nu‧lo‧ma

Noun

granuloma m (plural granulomas)

1. (pathology) granuloma

Derived terms

• granulomatoso