1 For individuals who have first-degree relative diagnosed with sporadic colon rectal cancer or adenomas before the age of 60 or multiple first-degree relatives with colon rectal cancer or adenomas, exams are available every three to five years beginning 10 years earlier than the youngest affected relative.
mountebank. 1  a person who sells quack medicines, as from a platform in public places, attracting and influencing an audience by tricks, storytelling, etc. 2  any charlatan or quack. 3  to act or operate as a mountebank.
flank (flÄngk) n. 1. The section of flesh on the body of a person or an animal between the last rib and the hip; the side. 2. A cut of meat from the flank of an animal. 3. A lateral part or side: the flank of a mountain. 4. a. The right or left side of a military formation: an attack on both flanks. b. The right or left side of a bastion. tr.v. flanked, flankÂ·ing, flanks 1. To protect or guard the flank of.