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polyp

abnormal growth of tissue projecting from a mucous membrane
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polyp

Summary

polyp ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,470 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • polyp is a type of neoplasm[2].
  • polyp's Commons category is recorded as Polyps (medicine)[3].
  • polyp's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Polyps (medicine)[4].
  • polyp's anatomical location is recorded as mucous membrane[5].
  • polyp's Commons gallery is recorded as Polyp (medicine)[6].
  • polyp's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[7].
  • polyp's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • polyp's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • polyp's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[10].
  • polyp's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C3340[11].
  • polyp's health specialty is recorded as pathology[12].

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Definition and Type

polyp is a type of neoplasm[2].

Why It Matters

polyp ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,470 views/month).[1] polyp has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] polyp is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

pathology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Anatomical location → mucous membrane
    Subclass of → neoplasm
    Topic's main category → Category:Polyps (medicine)
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 20966, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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