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Polyp

Polyp Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Polyp? [n] one of two forms that coelenterates take e.g. a hydra or coral: usually sedentary and has a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth [n] a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane Synonyms \| Synonyms for Polyp: polypus Related Terms \| Find terms related to Polyp: abdominal hernia \| abscess \| aposteme \| bed sore \| blain \| bleb \| blister \| boil \| bubo \| bulla \| bunion \| canker \| canker sore \| carbuncle \| chancre \| chancroid \| chilblain \| cold sore \| colitis \| diverticulitis \| diverticulosis \| duodenal ulcer \| duodenitis \| eschar \| esophagal ulcer \| esophagitis \| felon \| fester \| festering \| fever blister \| fistula \| furuncle \| furunculus \| gastritis \| gathering \| gumboil \| hemorrhoids \| hiatal hernia \| kibe \| lesion \| megacolon \| papula \| papule \| paronychia \| parulis \| peptic ulcer \| peritonitis \| petechia \| piles \| pimple \| pock \| pustule \| rising \| scab \| soft chancre \| sore \| stigma \| stomach ulcer \| sty \| suppuration \| swelling \| tubercle \| ulcer \| ulceration \| wale \| welt \| wheal \| whelk \| whitlow \| wound See Also \| adenomatous polyp \| Cnidaria \| cnidarian \| Coelenterata \| coelenterate \| growth \| pedunculated polyp \| phylum Cnidaria \| phylum Coelenterata \| sessile polyp Polyp In Webster's Dictionary \Pol"yp\, n. [L. polypus, Gr. ?, ?, literally, many-footed; poly`s many + ?, ?, foot: cf. F. polype. See {Poly-} and {Foot}, and cf. {Polypode}, {Polypody}, {Poulp}.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) One of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or coral. (b) One of the Anthozoa. (c) pl. Same as {Anthozoa}. See {Anthozoa}, {Madreporaria}, {Hydroid}. [Written also {polype}.] {Fresh-water polyp}, the hydra. {Polyp stem} (Zo["o]l.), that portion of the stem of a siphonophore which bears the polypites, or feeding zooids.

Polyp Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Polyp?

[n] one of two forms that coelenterates take e.g. a hydra or coral: usually sedentary and has a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth
[n] a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane

Synonyms | Synonyms for Polyp: polypus

Polyp In Webster's Dictionary

\Pol"yp\, n. [L. polypus, Gr. ?, ?, literally,
many-footed; poly`s many + ?, ?, foot: cf. F. polype. See
{Poly-} and {Foot}, and cf. {Polypode}, {Polypody}, {Poulp}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
(a) One of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or
    coral.
(b) One of the Anthozoa.
(c) pl. Same as {Anthozoa}. See {Anthozoa}, {Madreporaria},
    {Hydroid}. [Written also {polype}.]

{Fresh-water polyp}, the hydra.

{Polyp stem} (Zo["o]l.), that portion of the stem of a
   siphonophore which bears the polypites, or feeding zooids.

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