granulation tissue
noun Pathology.
tissue formed in ulcers and in early wound healing and repair, composed largely of newly growing capillaries and so called from its irregular surface in open wounds; proud flesh.
Origin of granulation tissue
First recorded in 1870–75
Words nearby granulation tissue
granularity,
granulate,
granulated sugar,
granulatio,
granulation,
granulation tissue,
granule,
granule cell,
granulite,
granulo-,
granuloblast
Example sentences from the Web for granulation tissue
Such features are those common to the granulation-tissue resulting from ordinary inflammation.
He classified the tubercles among the tumors as circumscribed new formations whose structure resembled that of granulation-tissue.
British Dictionary definitions for granulation tissue
granulation tissue
noun
a mass of new connective tissue and capillaries formed on the surface of a healing ulcer or wound, usually leaving a scar
Nontechnical name: proud flesh