FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS


Meaning of FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌpä-li-ˈpō-səs ]

noun

Etymology: polyposis presence of polyps, from New Latin, from polypus polyp + -osis

Date: 1976

: an inherited disease of the large intestine marked by the formation especially in the colon and rectum of numerous glandular polyps which typically become malignant if left untreated — called also familial polyposis

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.