Audio English.net » Dictionary » A » Adduction ... Adiantum Capillus-veneris

ADENOMATOUS POLYP

Dictionary entry overview: What does adenomatous polyp mean?

• ADENOMATOUS POLYP (noun)
The noun ADENOMATOUS POLYP has 1 sense:

1. a polyp that consists of benign neoplastic tissue derived from glandular epithelium

Familiarity information: ADENOMATOUS POLYP used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ADENOMATOUS POLYP (noun)

Sense 1

adenomatous polyp ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A polyp that consists of benign neoplastic tissue derived from glandular epithelium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

adenomatous polyps are visible protrusions that can develop on the mucosal surface of the colon or rectum

Hypernyms ("adenomatous polyp" is a kind of...):

polyp; polypus (a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane)

Learn English with... Proverbs of the week

"The exception proves the rule." (English proverb)

"The word of the old, and the gun of the young." (Albanian proverb)

"A mouth that praises and a hand that kills." (Arabic proverb)

"If someone isn't handsome by nature, it's useless for them to wash over and over again." (Corsican proverb)

Related FAQs:

» POLYP

Page delivered in 0.0246 seconds