See Also: Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
a granules(medicine)
Schuffner's granules(medicine)
chromophobe granules(medicine)
argentaffin granules(medicine)
chromaffin granules(medicine)
prosecretion granules(medicine)
volutin granules(medicine)
metachromatic granules(medicine)
Nissl granules(medicine)

a granules (medicine)


a granules
Large, rodlike, or filamentous granules found in several types of cells, especially platelets where they are the most numerous type of granule; contain secretory proteins, including fibrinogen, fibronectin, fibrospondin, von Willebrand factor (collectively known as adhesive proteins) and other proteins (platelet factor 4, platelet-derived growth factor, coagulation factor V, etc.).