Granulitis

/ɡrænjəˈlaɪtɪs/ noun

Definition

Inflammation of granular tissue, or a medical condition characterized by the formation of granules in body tissue, particularly in certain infections.

Etymology

From 'granule' plus the medical suffix '-itis' (inflammation), following standard medical terminology conventions established in the 18th-19th centuries.

Kelly Says

Granulitis is what doctors call it when your body's immune system creates tiny inflammatory bumps—it's your white blood cells' way of walling off infections or foreign materials, visible as granular patterns on X-rays.

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