polyp

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We now know that most of these cancers begin as a polyp, a growth of tissue that starts in the lining and grows into the center of the colon or rectum.

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  1. noun A coelenterate, such as a hydra or coral, having a cylindrical body and an oral opening usually surrounded by tentacles.
  2. noun A usually nonmalignant growth or tumor protruding from the mucous lining of an organ such as the nose, bladder, or intestine, often causing obstruction.

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  • This was a polyp, as if the very fabric of the wooden ceiling had nurtured a cancer, a tumor swollen on the bloody juices of unspeakable feasts. —  FSF,June2006
  • "Not only does it give us the best detection rate of the entire colon, but also, when we find a polyp, which is how colon cancer starts, we can take it out while we're there," he said. —  13 Top Stories, Sports and Weather
  • -- Most colorectal cancers begin as a polyp (a small, non-cancerous growth on the colon wall that can grow larger and become cancerous over time). —  Health News from Medical News Today
  • -- If an abnormality, such as a polyp, is detected, the patient will need to undergo a standard colonoscopy after the virtual procedure to remove the polyp or lesion, or to perform a biopsy. —  Health News from Medical News Today
  • "A frequent argument is that if virtual colonoscopy finds a polyp, then colonoscopy is needed for polyp removal," Vining said. —  Health News from Medical News Today
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  1. Middle English polip, nasal tumor, from Old French polipe, from Latin pōlypus, cuttlefish, nasal tumor, from Greek polupous, poulupous : polu-, poly- + pous, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.
 

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