Polyp Definition
pŏlĭp
polyps
noun
polyps
Any of various cnidarians, colonial or individual, having a mouth fringed with many small, slender tentacles bearing stinging cells at the top of a tubelike body, as the sea anemone or hydra.
Webster's New World
A smooth projecting growth of hypertrophied mucous membrane in the nasal passages, bladder, rectum, etc.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Polyp
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polypsOrigin of Polyp
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Middle English polip nasal tumor from Old French polipe from Latin pōlypus cuttlefish, nasal tumor from Greek polupous, poulupous polu- poly- pous foot ped- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin polypus (“a polyp, a polypus in the nose"), from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polupous), from πολύς (polus, “many") + πούς (pous, “foot").
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