polyp
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The study included 250 adults considered at higher risk for colorectal cancer, either due to known risk factors or because they had previously had a precancerous polyp removed.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 30, 2025
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
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
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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
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
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
In a small, early stage study, the company said its drug significantly reduced polyps in patients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 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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