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Polyp(health)
Polyp(medicine)
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polyp(dictionary)
polyp(encyclopedia)
pedunculated polyp(medicine)
nasal polyp(medicine)
osseous polyp(medicine)

Fonteyn, Dame Margot (sh) and polyp (sh)


Fonteyn, Dame Margot (sh)




orig. Margaret Hookham

born May 18, 1919, Reigate, Surrey, Eng.
died Feb. 21, 1991, Panama City, Pan.

British ballerina.

She debuted with the Vic-Wells Ballet (later Royal Ballet) in 1934 and soon became its leading dancer, creating many roles in works by Frederick Ashton, including Horoscope, Symphonic Variations, and Ondine. In the 1960s she won worldwide acclaim for her appearances with Rudolf Nureyev in ballets such as Swan Lake, Raymonda, and Le Corsaire. She continued to Dance as a guest artist into the mid 1970s.


polyp (sh)




Growth projecting from the wall of a cavity lined with a mucous membrane.

Shape varies widely; it may have a stalk or many lobes. Polyps most often occur in the nose, urinary bladder, and digestive tract, especially in the rectum and colon. Symptoms, if any, depend on location and size; they may result from pressure or from blockage of a passage. Polyps occasionally bleed. Because a small percentage are precursors to cancers or actually contain cancers, it is advisable to have them removed and examined microscopically and to undergo routine colonoscopy after age 50.