About The Word Polyp
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Polyp
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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.
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