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granulation

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The act or process of forming or crystallizing into grains; as, the granulation of powder and sugar.

The state of being granulated.

One of the small, red, grainlike prominences which form on a raw surface (that of wounds or ulcers), and are the efficient agents in the process of healing.

The act or process of the formation of such prominences.

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the granulation of medicines Source: Internet

As healing proceeds, the damaged epidermis flakes away (eliminating surface pigment) while deeper in the skin granulation tissue forms, which is later converted to connective tissue by collagen growth. Source: Internet

Ashland produces binders for wet granulation, dry granulation, direct compression and roller compaction, as well as hot-melt extrusion. Source: Internet

More recently, Urea Casale introduced a different fluidized-bed granulation system: the urea is sprayed in laterally from the side walls of the granulator instead of from the bottom. Source: Internet

These small magnetic poles are buffeted and churned by the constant granulation. Source: Internet

In the West, this period saw the reinvention of granulation by the German Elizabeth Treskow, although development of the re-invention has continued into the 1990s. Source: Internet

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