granuloma

IPA/ɡræn.jəˈləʊ.mə/
IPA/ˌɡræn.jəˈloʊ.mə/

granuloma — 名詞

  • granulomasingular
  • granulomataplural

1. a small, firm nodule made up of immune cells and fibrous tissue that develops wh

1.名詞C2
釋義

肉芽腫

免疫細胞聚集形成的微小組織結節

a small, firm nodule made up of immune cells and fibrous tissue that develops when the body tries to contain a persistent irritant, infection, or foreign particle

例句

The doctor found a small granuloma on Hana's lung during a routine X-ray.

醫生在 Hana 的例行 X 光檢查中，發現肺部有一個小肉芽腫。

granuloma on [body part] — preposition pattern

A granuloma formed around the tiny splinter lodged in Sirin's fingertip.

Sirin 指尖扎進的小刺周圍形成了一個肉芽腫。

granuloma formed around [foreign object]

常見搭配
  • granuloma formation
  • pulmonary granuloma
  • skin granuloma
  • granulomatous inflammation
  • healed granuloma
同義詞
  • nodule

    a general term for any small, firm lump; a granuloma is one specific type of nodule

  • lesion

    broader term for any area of damaged or abnormal tissue, not necessarily nodular

  • mass

    more general; any lump without specifying what it is made of

文法句型

granuloma + in/on + body part or organ

用法筆記

A technical term used mainly in pathology, radiology, and infectious-disease medicine. In everyday English, people say 'lump,' 'bump,' or 'nodule' instead.

常見錯誤

The wound developed granulation tissue, which is the same as a granuloma.
The wound developed granulation tissue as part of normal healing; a granuloma is a different, often long-term immune reaction.
granulation tissue is normal healing tissue; a granuloma is a specific inflammatory nodule.

同根字

  • granulomatous
    形容詞C2
  • granulomatosis
    名詞C2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • lung granuloma
  • liver granuloma
  • suture granuloma

常用片語

  • granuloma annulare

介系詞搭配

  • granuloma in
  • granuloma on
  • granuloma of