Associations to the word «Polyp»

Wiktionary

POLYP, noun. (medicine) an abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane
POLYP, noun. (zoology) a cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles

Dictionary definition

POLYP, noun. A small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane.
POLYP, noun. One of two forms that coelenterates take (e.g. a hydra or coral): usually sedentary with a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth; "in some species of coelenterate, polyps are a phase in the life cycle that alternates with a medusoid phase".

Wise words

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