Pronunciation: - ˌ pä-li- ' p ō -s ə s
Function: 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