(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.

plural of granuloma

Synonym of mycosis fungoides

A bacterial disease caused by Klebsiella granulomatis characterized by ulcerative genital lesions, endemic in many less developed regions.

(medicine) A disease characterised by necrotising granulomatous inflammation usually involving the upper and lower respiratory tract, and necrotising vasculitis affecting predominantly small to medium vessels.

Relating to granulomatosis

That produces granulomata

(medicine, pathology) A rare, usually fatal, subacute-to-chronic central nervous system disease caused by certain species of free-living amoebae

plural of granulomatosis (denoting types of the noncount sense)

Granuloma.