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Dental granuloma
A granuloma developing at the tip of a tooth root, usually the result of pulpitis. It consists of a proliferating mass of chronic inflammatory tissue and possibly epithelial nests or colonies of bacteria. It may be encapsulated by fibrous tissue of the periodontal ligament.
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Coccidioidal granuloma
A chronic, generalized granulomatous disease caused by the fungus Coccidioides immitis.
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Granulocytosis
An abnormal increase in the number of granulocytes in the blood.
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Granulocytopoiesis
The formation of granulocytes.
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Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor
A naturally occurring cytokine glycoprotein that stimulates the production of neutrophils, monocytes, and macrophages. It is effective in treating bone marrow deficiency following cancer chemotherapy or bone marrow transplantation. Sargramostim, also recognized as a substance produced by immune system cells, serves as a potent stimulator for launching an assault against foreign cells. This remarkable substance…
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Granuloblast
A term formerly used for myeloblast.
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Granulicatella
A genus of disease-causing organisms, formerly referred to as “nutritionally variant streptococci.” Species within the genus may cause infections of bones and joints, the central nervous system, heart valves, and other body parts.
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Zymogen granule
A granule present in gland cells, especially the secretory cells of the pancreas, the chief cells of the gastric glands, and the serous cells of the salivary glands. It is the precursor of the enzyme secreted.
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Seminal granule
One of the minute particles in semen, supposed to derive from disintegrated nuclei in nutritive cells from seminiferous tubules.
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Schuffner’s granule
A coarse, red, polychrome methylene blue-staining granule found in erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium ovale or P. vivax malaria.
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