polypous

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Fibrinous coagula and polypous concretions may be found in the cavities of the heart.

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  1. Of the nature of a polypus; having many feet or roots, like a polypus.

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  • Fibrinous coagula and polypous concretions may be found in the cavities of the heart. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
  • These polypous productions obstruct the passage of the air, and more or less impede the breathing. —  The Dog
  • Fig. 4, Plate 58, represents the neck of the bladder and neighbouring part of the urethra of an ox, in which a polypous growth is seen attached by a long pedicle to the veru montanum and blocking up the neck of the bladder. —  Surgical Anatomy
  • He did not observe Vertigo, who stood in the air behind him, trying to lay hold of him with his outstretched polypous arms. —  Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen
  • But, for this operation, which is difficult to perform, and which may be followed by a new polypous production, when the base is not perfectly destroyed, we may substitute the forcible detachment, especially when we have to act on vascular and soft excrescences. —  The Dog
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  1. = French polypeux = Spanish poliposo = Portuguese polyposo = Italian poliposo, from Latin polyposus, having polypus in the nose, from polypus, polypus: see polypus.
 

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