adenomatous polyp

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

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

   Broaderpolyp

Questions about adenomatous polyp

What does adenomatous polyp mean?

adenomatous polyp means "a polyp that consists of benign neoplastic tissue derived from glandular epithelium".

Is adenomatous polyp a common word?

adenomatous polyp is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.