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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.
[Late Latin grānulum, diminutive of Latin grānum, grain; see gr̥ə-no- in Indo-European roots.]
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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.
[1645–55; < Late Latin grānulum small grain. See grain, -ule]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.granule - a tiny graingranule - 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

granule

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

[ˈgrænjuːl] n → granule m
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granule

n → Körnchen nt
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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.
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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.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

granule

n gránulo
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Electron microscopy of the tumor cells demonstrated the presence of Birbeck granules (Figure 2e) in the majority of histiocytes examined.
Primary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis of the Extrahepatic Bile Duct Occurring in an Adult Patient
In early lesions, scalloped macrophages dominate the histology, but most well-developed lesions have a mixture of the above.14 Immunohistochemical studies show negative staining for S-100, CD1a, and Birbeck granules, and positive staining for the surface markers CD68 and factor XIIIa.15 Our patient had typical lesion involving typical sites and histopathology of skin lesions showed foamy histiocytes and occasional multinucleated giant cell in dermis.
A case of xanthoma disseminatum: A rare type of non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis
The typical non-Langerhans' foamy histiocytes that lacked Birbeck granules, located in a polymorphic granuloma with xanthogranulomatosis was shown.
Erdheim-Chester disease with renal involvement: a case report
They also show Birbeck granules on electron microscopy [5].
Langerhans Cell Sarcoma: A Case Report Demonstrating Morphological and Immunophenotypical Variability within a Single Lesion
These cells express S100 protein, CD1a, and langerin (CD207) and contain intracytoplasmic Birbeck granules. They are named after Paul Langerhans (1847-1888), a German pathologist, physiologist, and biologist who discovered these cells in the skin and postulated that they were possibly nerve endings.
Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: An Update From the Pathologists' Perspective
(1,2) The major diagnostic features of LCH are expression of CD1a and S100 as well as ultrastructural Birbeck granules. (3) Its presentation can differ from a mild bone lesion to a multi-systemic evolved malignant neoplasm; however, the latter outcome is almost rare.
Langerhans cell histiocytosis followed by Hodgkin lymphoma: a case report
Langerhans cells are dendritic antigen presenting cells with distinctive convoluted nuclear contour, presence of Birbeck granules on electron microscopy and positive staining with S-100 and CD1a.
Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis

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