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granuloma

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌɡɹæn.jəˈləʊ̯.mə/
  • UK: /ˌɡɹæn.jʊˈləʊ̯.mə/
  • UK: /ˌɡɹæ.nuˈləʊ̯.mə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˌɡɹæn.jəˈloʊ̯.mə/
  • US: /ˌɡɹæn.juˈloʊ̯.mə/
  • US: /ˌɡɹæ.nuˈloʊ̯.mə/
  • rhymes with -əʊmə

1

noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: strictly

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any small nodule.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tumor, tumour, neoplasm

Narrower terms: gumma

History

Etymology

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.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: granuloma — tumor
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肉芽腫 /肉芽肿 (ròuyázhǒng) — tumor
  • Dutch: granuloom — tumor
  • Finnish: granulooma — tumor
  • French: granulome — tumor
  • Ido: granulomo — tumor
  • Interlingua: granuloma — tumor
  • Irish: granalóma — tumor
  • Italian: granuloma — tumor
  • Japanese: 肉芽腫 (nikugeshu) — tumor
  • Kazakh: гранулёма (granulema) — tumor
  • Korean: 육아종 (yugajong) — tumor
  • Latin: grānulōma — tumor
  • Polish: ziarniniak — tumor
  • Portuguese: granuloma — tumor
  • Russian: гранулёма (granuljóma) — tumor
  • Serbo-Croatian: грану̀ло̄м — tumor
  • Serbo-Croatian: granùlōm — tumor
  • Spanish: granuloma — tumor
  • Swedish: granulom — tumor
  • Turkish: granülom — tumor