What's the difference between lithogenous and polyp?
Lithogenous
Definition:
(a.) Stone-producing; -- said of polyps which form coral.
Example Sentences:
(1) It was concluded that in our trial the cholesterol-lowering diet was not lithogenic.
(2) If the content of biliary cholesterol is a reflection of the serum concentration of this lipid, as has been suggested in recent studies, human bile may be more lithogenic during pregnancy.
(3) The lithogenic index was higher than in a group of colelithiasic non hemolytic patients.
(4) experiment the effect of the additions to the lithogenic diet (Rodents Chow + 25,000 UI% of retinol acetate) of 18% of crude safflower oil, or 15% Polifat, or 15% hydrogenated Polifat (approx.
(5) Long-term antibiotic suppression, more frequent followup with abdominal roentgenograms, and shorter periods of internal stenting are suggested for patients with a lithogenic history.
(6) Cholesterol gallstones were induced in mice by means of a lithogenous diet.
(7) The calculated lithogenic index of bile decreased significantly as well.
(8) Associated with the increase in lithogenic index with fasting was a decrease in the micelle solubilized cholesterol and an increase in nonmicelle solubilized cholesterol.
(9) Thy hypothesis that rubidium is an important lithogenic element is formulated.
(10) The safflower oil group had the smallest mean bile acid pool and the highest mean lithogenic index of the cholesterol-fed groups.
(11) Major risk factors associated with cholesterol gallstone formation are American Indian ancestry, female sex, obesity, and ingestion of lithogenic drugs, such as estrogen-containing preparations and clofibrate.
(12) Liver total cholesterol level and the ratio of free to ester forms were not different between vitamin E-supplemented and nonsupplemented rabbits, whereas a 4-5 fold increase in hepatic cholesterol-7 alpha-hydroxylase activity, elevation of bile salt concentration and improvement in bile lithogenic index were observed in the vitamin E-supplemented groups.
(13) There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups as to age, Broca index, lithogenic index and biochemical values.
(14) After the end of treatment the bile becomes lithogenic again, and a relapse is possible; after 5 years this relapse occurs in about 50% of the patients.
(15) To specify lithogenic properties of bile in cholelithiasis as well as the effect of cholecystectomy on biochemical composition of bile, 168 patients with cholelithiasis have been examined.
(16) This was of certain diagnostic and, perhaps, lithogenic importance.
(17) Some mentions were made on black stones which were found in the aged golden hamsters fed with lithogenic diets.
(18) The lithogenic character of human gallbladder bile was investigated by a mathematical model on the basis of a clinical data set.
(19) The effects of variable calcium content on daily and fasting urinary calcium and other lithogenic solutes excretion, on the bone turnover index (fasting hydroxyproline urinary excretion) and on the calciotropic hormones were studied in 312 stone former patients with an outpatient protocol and 15 stone former patients in an inpatient study.
(20) The pancreas-stone-protected may play a crucial role in the lithogenic process.
Polyp
Definition:
(n.) One of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or coral.
(n.) One of the Anthozoa.
(n.) Same as Anthozoa. See Anthozoa, Madreporaria, Hydroid.
Example Sentences:
(1) The frequency of gastric malignancies in the families of the women with gastric polyps was higher than in the controls and in men, 6.2, 3.1 and 2.4 percent, respectively (p less than 0.05, and p less than 0.025).
(2) In 20 patients (18.2%), visualization revealed uterine abnormalities, mainly newly added endometrial lesions, i.e., hyperplasia, polyps, endometritis, and synechiae.
(3) In the latter groups, specimens were taken from both polyp tissue and adjacent nasal mucosa.
(4) Age, histological type, number or location of the index diminutive polyps, were not associated with proximal lesions.
(5) In this paper, 5 patients with benign tumor (3 tubular adenoma, 1 leiomyoma and 1 fibroma) and 35 pseudotumor (26 cholesterol polyps and 9 inflammatory polyps) of the gallbladder are presented.
(6) The indication to lipomas removal is based on clinical remarks and differential diagnosis with adenomatous polyps.
(7) Genetic relations of skin tags, colon polyps, and colon cancer are a matter of ongoing research.
(8) Of 14 reported cases of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome associated with intestinal carcinoma, in only two was the tumor shown to originate in the polyp.
(9) Examples include the specific pattern of hypodontia seen before the development of iris dysplasia in Rieger syndrome, and the presence of supernumerary teeth and facial osteomas preceding malignant transformation of intestinal polyps in Gardner syndrome.
(10) All patients with distal polyps detected during flexible sigmoidoscopy underwent colonoscopy.
(11) Findings included squamous epithelium with acute and chronic inflammation, foreign body granuloma and aural polyps.
(12) Nine of these 10 patients had juvenile polyposis defined by the presence of at least three juvenile polyps; and eight of the nine had a family history of juvenile polyps.
(13) Eradication of the pedunculated and narrow-based polyps in stomach was almost totally successful by injection into the base.
(14) Included in the study were 193 small polyps, 0.5 cm in diameter, diagnosed on rectoromanoscopy and removed by mechanical way from 182 patients at the Proctologic Unit of the Department of Gastroenterology.
(15) Despite the fact that this approach has several caveats, consistent results obtained in short-term studies would more readily justify the undertaking of a large-scale, long-term controlled study using colon cancer or adenomatous polyp recurrence as an endpoint.
(16) After the polyp was removed, the cells decreased appreciably in number.
(17) Neoplasia was present in 22% of DPs located less than 60 cm from the anus, 73% of proximally located small polyps, and 32% of all DPs.
(18) Non-neoplastic polyps included 32 inflammatory polyps, 32 metaplastic polyps, 27 juvenile polyps and 17 Peutz-Jeghers type polyps.
(19) Polyps were detected ultrasonographically, but one third of them were overlooked by either cholecystography or CT. Nomenclature, pathological classification and management of the lesions are discussed.
(20) Every second polyp in the same region proved to be adenoma.