They do this so that they can eat the coral polyps and algae inside.

这就能吃到珊瑚虫和里面的海藻了。

When the APC gene is mutated, the epithelial cells start to quickly divide forming polyps.

当APC基因突变时，上皮细胞开始快速增殖，形成息肉。

We've become extremely good at detecting and removing offending polyps before they can cause cancer.

我变得更擅长于检测和消除侵袭性的息肉，避免演变成癌症。

There are various types of colorectal polyps.

结直肠息肉分为好几种。

It is textured to allow coral polyps to attach.

质地适合珊瑚虫附着。

The following treatments are commonly used for nasal polyps.

以下是治疗鼻息肉的用方法。

The polyps then form the larger structure of a reef.

这些珊瑚虫之后便形成了大型的珊瑚礁。

Steroids. The doctor may prescribe a steroid spray or nose drops, which will shrink the polyps by reducing inflammation.

类固醇试剂治疗。医生可能会开类固醇喷雾剂或滴鼻剂，通过减炎症来缩小息肉。

The polyps that make up the stony corals are among the winners of climate change.

构成石珊瑚的珊瑚虫是气候变化的赢家之一。

That results in small growths or abnormal clumps of cells called polyps.

这导致了“息肉”的赘生物或不正细胞组织的产生。

A small piece of coral may be made of hundreds of polyps.

一小片珊瑚可能都是由上百个珊瑚虫构成的。

Although some people can develop polyps with no previous nasal problems, there's often a trigger for developing polyps.

虽然有些人在没有鼻部问题的情况下也可能患上息肉，但息肉的发生往往是有诱因的。

This group is considered at average risk for colon cancer or colon polyps.

这群人拥有中等的风险罹患大肠癌或长大肠息肉。

CT Scan. This enables the doctor to locate nasal polyps and other abnormalities linked to chronic inflammation.

CT 扫描，可以帮助医生定位鼻息肉和其他与慢性炎症有关的异情况。

What is the treatment for nasal polyps?

鼻息肉的治疗方法是什么？

Reefs are the hard skeletons left at the bottom of the sea by small marine creatures called polyps.

而礁石则是珊瑚虫这种小型海洋生物遗留在海底的坚硬的骨架。

A relative of both coral polyps and jellyfish, anemones have their own partner to help make life easier...clownfish.

相比于珊瑚虫和水母而言，为了让生存更加容易，海葵有自己的伙伴… … 小丑鱼。

Meanwhile, both marine construction and pollution dramatically increase the surface area for jellyfish polyps to attach, grow, and mature.

同时，海洋建设和污染极大地增加了水母息肉附着、生长和成熟的表面积。

Thanks to the work of polyps, a slow but steady upheaval will someday connect these islands to each other.

由于珊瑚这种腔肠动物所起的作用，造成地面缓慢地，但连续地上升，因此，将来一定有一天会把这些小岛连接起来。

If polyps are found, a doctor can do a polypectomy, a procedure that removes polyps from the colonic wall.

如果发现息肉存在，医生可以进行息肉切除术，把息肉从大肠内壁切除。