Usually means: Localized inflammation due to infection.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (granuloma)

noun:  (pathology) an inflammatory nodule consisting of histiocytes (macrophages) attempting to wall off substances they perceive as foreign but are unable to eliminate, such as certain infectious organisms as well as other materials such as foreign objects, keratin and suture fragments.
noun:  (medicine, less specific) any small nodule

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