Medical Dictionary

familial polyposis

noun

Medical Definition of FAMILIAL POLYPOSIS

:  any of several inherited diseases (as Gardner's syndrome or Peutz-Jegher's syndrome) that are characterized especially by the formation of polyps in the gastrointestinal tract; especially :  familial adenomatous polyposis
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