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gran·ule

(grăn′yo͞ol)

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.

[Late Latin grānulum, diminutive of Latin grānum, grain; see gr̥ə-no- in Indo-European roots.]

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granule

(ˈɡrænjuːl)

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.

[1645–55; < Late Latin grānulum small grain. See grain, -ule]

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Noun

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

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

Körnchen

semilla

grain graine granule pépin

smákorn, ögn

granello

granuliuotasgrūdėtas

granulagraudiņš

partikkel

tanecik

细粒

granule

[ˈgrænjuːl] N [of sugar etc] → gránulo m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

granule

[ˈgrænjuːl] n → granule m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

granule

n → Körnchen nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

granule

[ˈgrænjuːl] n → granello

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

granule

(ˈgrӕnjuːl) noun

a very small particle. a granule of sugar.

ˈgranular adjective

ˈgranulated (-lei-) adjective

broken into tiny particles. granulated sugar.

gran·ule

n. gránulo, partícula pequeña formada de gránulos;

acidophil ___ → ___ acidófilo, que acepta colorantes ácidos;

basophil ___ → ___ basófilo, que acepta colorantes básicos.

granule

n gránulo

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A study of cerebellar granule cell migration revealed that the amplitude and frequency components of [Ca.sup.2+] fluctuations are correlated positively with the rate of movement.

From migration to settlement: the pathways, migration modes and dynamics of neurons in the developing brain

[2.] Ambler M, Pogacar S, Sidman R: Lhermitte-Duclos disease (granule cell hypertrophy of the cerebellum).

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Granule cell death follows as a consequence of the loss of their primary neuron target population, the Purkinje cells: by the end of the second postnatal month, almost all Purkinje cells and 90% of the granule cells have degenerated in the +/Lc cerebellum [24].

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(5) described a case of JCV granule cell neuronopathy in a patient with JCV-associated cerebellar degeneration with isolated cerebellar symptoms.