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ADENOMATOUS POLYP

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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

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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)

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 Context examples: 

A non-invasive or invasive adenocarcinoma arising from the neoplastic glandular cells in an adenomatous polyp.

(Adenocarcinoma in Adenomatous Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)