Disease or Syndrome
intestinal polyposis
Subclass of:
Intestinal Diseases
Definitions related to intestinal polyposis:
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The growth of INTESTINAL POLYPS. Growth processes include neoplastic (ADENOMA and CARCINOMA) and non-neoplastic (hyperplastic, mucosal, inflammatory, and other polyps).NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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The presence of multiple polyps in the intestine.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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