See Also: polyposis coli(medicine)
adenomatous polyposis coli(medicine)
Adenomatous polyposis coli(health)
familial polyposis coli(medicine)
juvenile polyposis coli(medicine)
Adenomatous polyposis coli, autosomal recessive(health)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Polyposis(health)
polyposis(medicine)
polyposis(dictionary)

polyposis coli (medicine)


polyposis coli
Hereditary disorder (Mendelian dominant) characterised by the development of hundreds of adenomatous polyps in the large intestine, which show a tendency to progress to malignancy. The APC gene has also been implicated in a chromosome 5 gastric and pancreatic cancer.