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Webster 1913 Edition

Granulation

Granˊu-la′tion

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
granulation
.]
1.
The act or process of forming or crystallizing into grains;
as, the
granulation
of powder and sugar
.
2.
The state of being granulated.
3.
(Med.)
(a)
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.
(b)
The act or process of the formation of such prominences.

Webster 1828 Edition

Granulation

GRANULA'TION

,
Noun.
The act of forming into grains; as the granulation of powder and sugar. In chimistry, the granulation of metallic substances is performed by pouring the melted substances slowly into water, which is, at the same time, agitated with a broom.

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