polyp
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This highlights the importance of screening strategies and follow up colonoscopy schedules that reflect differences between polyp types.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2026
During the biopsy, which found a polyp on her cervix which was then removed without warning, Mrs Lord repeatedly said it was "really painful" but was not offered pain relief, she said.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025
One came when a polyp in an ocean, normally mouth-upward, developed a mutation that allowed it to topple onto its side and crawl across the seafloor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
The “Hannah Montana” star also opened up about a polyp on her vocal cords, which makes live performances feel like “running a marathon with the weights on,” and her sobriety journey.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2025
Preformationism assumed that new life was never created, yet in 1741 Abraham Trembley showed that you could cut a polyp into a dozen pieces and it would turn into a dozen polyps.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Coral is made up of tiny individual animals called polyps, which maintain a symbiotic relationship with microscopic algae that live within their tissues.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
It received Food and Drug Administration approval for the polyps procedure in 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
There are three ways to look for colon cancer and polyps located in the intestinal lining.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
It can also check for polyps which can develop into cancer.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
An ocean teeming with sea life, from tiny coral polyps to massive whales to birds skimming the surface of the waves.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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