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A polyp is a small tissue growth that doctors often remove and test to check it's harmless.
means A small abnormal growth of tissue that bulges out from a mucous membrane, or the stalked, tentacled body form of certain soft-bodied aquatic animals like coral and sea anemones.
from From Greek polypous, meaning 'many-footed' — poly ('many') plus pous ('foot') — originally used by ancient writers for octopuses and similar creatures bristling with limbs. The word passed through Latin polypus and French polype before medical usage borrowed it for growths whose branching, clinging shape reminded early anatomists of those many-armed sea creatures.
- origin
- greek for many-footed, like an octopus
- colon version
- usually harmless, occasionally a cancer rough draft
- coral connection
- tiny polyps built the Great Barrier Reef
- removal
- snipped during colonoscopy before it writes a sequel