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VILLOUS-POLYP


Definition: adenomatous polyp (small growth on the inner colon lining) of the colon. Diagnosis is carried out thorugh colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopies, rectal and hemoccult exams for blood in the stools.

Conceptual Structures
ISAPOLYP
ANCESTORSALL
CHANGE-STATE
CHANGE-STATE-ANIMAL
DISEASE-EVENT
EVENT
LIVING-EVENT
PHYSICAL-EVENT
POLYP
INHERITED
RELATIONS
AFFECTS-TISSUE : TISSUE (from DISEASE-EVENT)
AGENT : ANIMAL (from LIVING-EVENT)
DIAGNOSED-WITH : DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE (from DISEASE-EVENT)
DIAGNOSED-WITH-THE-USE-OF : MEDICAL-DEVICE (from DISEASE-EVENT)
EXPERIENCER : PATIENT (from DISEASE-EVENT)
LOCATION : PLACE (from PHYSICAL-EVENT)
THEME : OBJECT (from CHANGE-STATE)
TREATED-WITH-THE-USE-OF : PHARMACEUTICAL-MATERIAL (from DISEASE-EVENT)
INHERITED
ATTRIBUTES
DIRECTION-OF-CHANGE : NEGATIVE (from CHANGE-STATE)
    POSITIVE (from
CHANGE-STATE)
TYPE-OF-CHANGE : PHYSICAL (from DISEASE-EVENT)
    MENTAL (from
DISEASE-EVENT)