granuloma
构词拆分
granule词根/词干
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-oma后缀
(pathology) Forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity. · (pathology, specifically) Forming nouns indicating tumors or masses, which may be non-neoplastic or (more often) neoplastic, and (if the latter) either benign or malignant (cancerous); in accord with present-day understanding of histopathology, the suffix is now nonproductive for non-neoplastic senses.
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释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (pathology, strictly) 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.
- (medicine, loosely) Any small