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ADENOMATOUS POLYP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A polyp that consists of benign neoplastic tissue derived from glandular epithelium
Example:
adenomatous polyps are visible protrusions that can develop on the mucosal surface of the colon or rectum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("adenomatous polyp" is a kind of...):
polyp; polypus (a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane)
Context examples:
A non-invasive or invasive adenocarcinoma arising from the neoplastic glandular cells in an adenomatous polyp.
(Adenocarcinoma in Adenomatous Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)
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