polyp

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

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

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

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

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

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