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A mass or nodule of chronically inflamed tissue that is usually associated with an infective process

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  • A large dark area showing inflammation, otherwise known as a granuloma -- a sure sign of the intestinal disease.
  • -- and spotted an area of inflamed tissue called a granuloma, a clear indication that she had Crohn's disease.
  • - Chronic: apical granuloma, sometimes with cyst formation.
  • When I was 11, I had surgery on my right hand for a pyogenic granuloma.
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