Definition of Granule. Meaning of Granule. Synonyms of Granule

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Definition of Granule

Granule
Granule Gran"ule, n. [L. granulum, dim. of granum grain: cf. F. granule. See Grain a kernel.] A little grain a small particle; a pellet.

Meaning of Granule from wikipedia

- Look up granule or granules in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A granule is a large particle or grain. It can refer to: Granule (cell biology), any of...
- differentiate into cerebellar granule cells (also called cerebellar granule neurons, CGNs), they migrate to the internal granule layer (IGL), forming the mature...
- granule cell has been used for a number of different types of neurons whose only common feature is that they all have very small cell bodies. Granule...
- Examples of granules include granulocytes, platelet granules, insulin granules, germane granules, starch granules, and stress granules. A group of leukocytes...
- Specific granules are secretory vesicles found exclusively in cells of the immune system called granulocytes. It is sometimes described as applying specifically...
- An azurophilic granule is a cellular object readily stainable with a Romanowsky stain. In white blood cells and hyperchromatin, staining imparts a burgundy...
- Granule cell dispersion is one of the abnormal structural changes that has been shown in brains of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. It has also been...
- Cerebellar granule cells form the thick granular layer of the cerebellar cortex and are among the smallest neurons in the brain. (The term granule cell is...
- in the form of starch, which is packed into semicrystalline granules called starch granules or amyloplasts. Toward the end of the growing season, starch...
- A granule is a clast of rock with a particle size of 2 to 4 millimetres based on the Krumbein phi scale of sedimentology. Granules are generally considered...