Definition of Granule. Meaning of Granule. Synonyms of Granule

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Definition of Granule

Granule
Granule Gran"ule, n. [L. granulum, dim. of granum grain: cf. F. granule. See Grain a kernel.] A little grain a small particle; a pellet.

Meaning of Granule from wikipedia

- Look up granule or granules in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A granule is a large particle or grain. It can refer to: Granule (cell biology), any of...
- In cellular biology, stress granules are biomolecular condensates in the cytosol composed of proteins and RNAs that ****emble into 0.1–2 μm membraneless...
- An azurophilic granule is a cellular object readily stainable with a Romanowsky stain. In white blood cells and hyperchromatin, staining imparts a burgundy...
- Alpha granules, (α-granules) also known as platelet alpha-granules are a cellular component of platelets. Platelets contain different types of granules that...
- Dense granules (also known as dense bodies or delta granules) are specialized secretory organelles. Dense granules are found only in platelets and are...
- Birbeck granules, also known as Birbeck bodies, are rod shaped or "tennis-racket" cytoplasmic organelles with a central linear density and a striated appearance...
- granule cell has been used for a number of different types of neurons whose only common feature is that they all have very small cell bodies. Granule...
- eosinophilic or "acid-loving" due to their large acidophilic cytoplasmic granules, which show their affinity for acids by their affinity to coal tar dyes:...
- In cell biology, a granule is a small particle. It can be any structure barely visible by light microscopy. The term is most often used to describe a...
- differentiate into cerebellar granule cells (also called cerebellar granule neurons, CGNs), they migrate to the internal granule layer (IGL), forming the mature...