单词 | granule |
释义 | granulen. A small grain; a small compact particle; a pellet. Employed spec. in Zoology and Botany, also in Astronomy and Pharmacology (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > a grain or granule grainc1290 curn1474 quern1503 granule1652 granula1694 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > a particle > hard and round cornc888 grainc1290 kernelc1450 cornel1590 sand1596 granule1652 kern1753 parvule1887 1652 W. Charleton Darknes Atheism 45 Those Granules of sand, which suffice to make up the vast bulk of the World. 1664 R. Boyle Exper. & Considerations Colours iii. 41 With an excellent Microscope..the assisted Eye could discern particular Granules, some..Blew, and some..Yellow. 1793 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. xiii. 185 Small granules of stone are sometimes found in the tubular portion of the kidneys. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) IV. 112 Fructifications terminating, swelling with seed-bearing granules. 1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 98 They resemble pearl barley, but the granules are generally smaller. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 273 Granule, a very minute elevation. 1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 491 The animal bark which envelopes it is mixed with calcareous granules. 1835 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) I. 350 The pollen grains are often called granules. 1840–51 E. Wilson Anatomist's Vade Mecum 572 The smallest lobule is apparently composed of granules, which are minute cæcal pouches. 1849 R. I. Murchison Siluria x. 241 The granules of the skin. 1867 G. F. Chambers Descr. Astron. i. i. 25 Granule is the best word to describe the luminous particles on the Sun's surface. 1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. iii. iv. 691 Very small pills are called granules. 1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 88 Colorless protoplasm, which..contains shining fat-like granules. 1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks x. 107 Granules of augite are common. Compounds Simple attributive. ΚΠ 1855 G. Busk tr. C. Wedl Rudim. Pathol. Histol. ii. v. 287 The fine-molecular cell becomes a granule cell. 1855 G. Busk tr. C. Wedl Rudim. Pathol. Histol. ii. v. 291 Colossal granule-masses. 1881 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Cell, granule, a term applied by His to a cell, like an ordinary white blood cell, found in the stroma of the ovary. Also, generally applied to cells in main part consisting of granules. 1882 Quain's Elements Anat. (ed. 9) II. 312 The inner or granule layer. 1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Granule-layer of cerebellum, the inner nuclear layer of the grey matter of the cortex of the cerebellum. 1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Granule masses, the same as giant Cells. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1652 |
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