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gran·ule
(grăn′yo͞ol)n.
1. A small grain or pellet; a particle.
2. Geology A rock or mineral fragment larger than a sand grain and smaller than a pebble, between 2 and 4 millimeters in diameter.
3. Astronomy One of the small, transient, luminous markings in the photosphere of the sun.
4. Biology A cellular or cytoplasmic particle, especially one that stains readily.
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granule
(ˈɡrænjuːl)n
1. a small grain
2. (Geological Science) geology a single rock fragment in gravel, smaller than a pebble but larger than a sand grain
3. (Astronomy) astronomy another name for granulation5
[C17: from Late Latin grānulum a small grain]
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gran•ule
(ˈgræn yul)n.
1. a little grain.
2. a small particle; pellet.
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| Noun | 1. |  granule - a tiny grain microsome - a tiny granule in the cytoplasm that is where protein synthesis takes place under the direction of mRNA chondrule - small granule (of e.g. chrysolite) found in some meteoric rocks grain - a relatively small granular particle of a substance; "a grain of sand"; "a grain of sugar" plastid - any of various small particles in the cytoplasm of the cells of plants and some animals containing pigments or starch or oil or protein |
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granule
noun grain, scrap, molecule, particle, fragment, atom, crumb, jot, speck, iota granules of coarse-grain sea salt
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Translations
حُبيْبَه
zrnko
lille korn
smákorn, ögn
granuliuotasgrūdėtas
granulagraudiņš
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granule
n → Körnchen nt
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granule
(ˈgrӕnjuːl) noun a very small particle. a granule of sugar.
ˈgranular adjectiveˈgranulated (-lei-) adjective
broken into tiny particles. granulated sugar.
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gran·ule
n. gránulo, partícula pequeña formada de gránulos;
acidophil ___ → ___ acidófilo, que acepta colorantes ácidos;
basophil ___ → ___ basófilo, que acepta colorantes básicos.
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granule
n gránuloEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.