granular

granular /gran·u·lar/ (gran´u-lar) made up of or marked by presence of granules or grains.

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gran·u·lar (grny-lr)

adj.

1. Composed or appearing to be composed of granules or grains.

2. Relating to or containing particles having a strong affinity for nuclear stains, as in certain bacteria.

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granular

[gran′yələr]

Etymology: L, granulum, little grain

1 macroscopically resembling or feeling like sand.

2 microscopically appearing to have a few or many particles within or on its surface, such as a stained granular leukocyte. granularity, n.

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granular [gran´u-lar]

made up of or marked by the presence of granules or grains.

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granular

made up of or marked by the presence of granules or grains.

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granular casts

homogeneous urinary casts with a granular structure; composed of fractions of serum proteins.

granular cell myoblastoma

rare tumor at the base of the tongue of the dog.

granular cell tumor

a benign, circumscribed, tumor-like lesion of soft tissue, particularly of the lung of the horse, tongue of dogs, skin and muscle, composed of large cells with prominent granular cytoplasm; considered by some to arise from myoblasts (myoblastoma) and by others from neurogenic elements (granular cell schwannoma).

granular layer

see stratum granulosum.

granular reticulum

rough-surfaced endoplasmic reticulum.

granular vaginitis

spherical, 1 mm diameter nodules on the vulvar mucosa of the cow and the penile skin of the bull. Appears to be a nonspecific hyperplasia of lymphoid tissue, but linked anecdotally with Mycoplasma spp. Called also granular vulvovaginitis.

granular venereal disease

see granular vaginitis (above).

granular vulvitis

part of a venereal disease caused by Ureaplasma diversum in cattle; other signs include embryonic death, abortion, dead or weak calves.

granular vulvovaginitis

see granular vaginitis (above).