| polyp |
A benign growth of tissue, usually of the lining of a hollow organ such as the intestine or the uterus. See cervical polyp and endometrial polyp.
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| polyploid |
A multiple of the haploid number of chromosomes in a cell other than the normal diploid state. Includes triploid (three times the haploid number, or 69 chromosomes) and tetraploid (four times the haploid number, or 92 chromosomes). The noun form of this adjective is polyploidy (the state of being polyploid).
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| polyposis |
The presence of many polyps.
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| polyphyletic |
genetically heterogeneous, because of having arisen from different ancestral groups.
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| polypectomy |
the removal of a polyp during a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy
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