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Definitions of granule
  1. noun
    a tiny grain
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Definition that contains granule
  • ectoplasm the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm
  • corkboard a heat-insulating building material consisting of cork granules that are made into sheets by compressing and baking
  • linin an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
  • granulated made grainy or formed into granules
  • keratohyalin hyaline in the large granules of the stratum granulosum
  • genus xenosaurus type and sole genus of Xenosauridae: slender-bodied Mexican lizards having the upper surface covered with tiny granules and tubercles
  • stratum granulosum the layer of epidermis just under the stratum corneum or (on the palms and soles) just under the stratum lucidum; contains cells (with visible granules) that die and move to the surface
  • microsome a tiny granule in the cytoplasm that is where protein synthesis takes place under the direction of mRNA
  • basophil a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains
  • nongranular not having granules
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