polyp
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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
He said microscopic amounts of blood in stool can be indicative of a polyp or early cancer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 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
In one sequence, marine biologists lovingly restore a rehabbed coral polyp to a reef.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2024
Slowly the waters sank among the rocks, revealing pink tables of granite, strange growths of coral, polyp, and weed.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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
Colonoscopy is still considered the gold standard because it allows doctors to identify cancer and remove precancerous polyps during the same procedure.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
There are three ways to look for colon cancer and polyps located in the intestinal lining.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
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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