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polyp

[pol-ip] / ˈpɒl ɪp /


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Its AI platform helped figure out that targeting a certain protein in the body was likely to help treat an inherited colorectal polyp disorder.

From The Wall Street Journal May 2, 2026

Other conditions noted in his medical history included a past Covid infection, rosacea, which is a skin condition often causing redness in the face, and a benign colon polyp.

From BBC Apr. 13, 2025

In fact, during one of her sessions, Nyong’o injured her vocal cords, which forced her to remain silent for three months to avoid surgery for the polyp that had formed on her throat.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2024

In one sequence, marine biologists lovingly restore a rehabbed coral polyp to a reef.

From New York Times Apr. 21, 2024

“T. nutricula is a jellyfish that can actually revert its body to the polyp stage. To its younger self!”

From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm

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

For example, Johnson points to Tezspire, a fairly new drug for treating nasal polyps with injections instead of surgery.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

That’s why the gold standard is a colonoscopy, a minimally invasive procedure that uses a scope with a camera to examine the large intestine’s lining for precancerous or cancerous polyps.

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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