(1):

(n.) The state of being granulated.

(2):

(n.) One of the small, red, grainlike prominences which form on a raw surface (that of wounds or ulcers), and are the efficient agents in the process of healing.

(3):

(n.) The act or process of the formation of such prominences.

(4):

(n.) The act or process of forming or crystallizing into grains; as, the granulation of powder and sugar.