granuloma

Etymology
. Among the many words derived from that are in current common use, this word is one of only a few that do not denote a ; another is.

Noun



 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  any small nodule

Translations

 * Catalan: granuloma
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 肉芽腫
 * Dutch: granuloom
 * Finnish:
 * Irish: granalóma
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 肉芽腫
 * Kazakh: гранулёма
 * Korean: 육아종(肉芽腫)
 * Polish: ziarniniak
 * Portuguese: granuloma
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: грану̀ло̄м
 * Latin:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: granülom

Noun

 * 1) granuloma

Noun

 * 1)   tumour consisting of a mass of granular tissue