Of or relating to granulation; having the quality or tendency to form granules.
From 'granulate' + the suffix '-ive' (having the quality of). This is a specialized medical and scientific adjective used less frequently than 'granular.'
In older medical texts, 'granulative' specifically described tissues in the process of healing with that distinctive bumpy appearance, though modern medicine has mostly replaced it with the simpler term 'granulation tissue.'
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