Associations to the word «Polyp»
Noun
- Tranquillity
- Incidence
- Pathology
- Calcium
- Reproduction
- Millimeter
- Stomach
- Diagnosis
- Ct
- Hemorrhage
- Bud
- Substrate
- Growth
- Juvenile
- Surveillance
- Mutation
- Vagina
- Detection
- Diameter
- Feed
- Pantheon
- Arthritis
- Slit
- Pap
- Triton
- Risk
- Prey
- Lymph
- Materialism
- Irritation
- Leukemia
- Jelly
- Membrane
- Patient
- Puberty
- Infection
- Phenotype
- Prevention
- Settle
- Sperm
- Multiple
- Pouch
- Symmetry
- Cant
- Docking
- Conduit
- Symptom
- Paralysis
- Deficiency
- Routine
- Ous
- Chemotherapy
- Hypertension
- Flake
- Ledge
- Retention
- Albrecht
- Nutrient
Adjective
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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