/gran'yeuh lay"sheuhn/ , n.
1. the act or process of granulating.
2. a granulated condition.
3. any of the grains of a granulated surface.
4. Pathol.
a. the formation of granulation tissue, esp. in healing.
b. See granulation tissue .
5. Astron. one of the small, short-lived features of the sun's surface that in the aggregate give it a mottled appearance when viewed with a telescope.
[ 1606-15; GRANULE + -ATION ]