Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A body form of a cnidarian, such as a hydra or coral, that is cylindrical in shape, has a mouth usually surrounded by tentacles at one end, and is often attached to something at the other end.
- noun A usually nonmalignant growth or tumor protruding from the mucous lining of an organ such as the nose, bladder, or intestine, sometimes causing obstruction.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, same as
polypus , 2. - noun In zoology, an animal with many feet or foot-like processes,
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or coral.
- noun One of the Anthozoa.
- noun Same as
anthozoa . Seeanthozoa ,madreporaria ,hydroid . - noun the hydra.
- noun (Zoöl.) that portion of the stem of a siphonophore which bears the polypites, or feeding zooids.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine an abnormal
growth protruding from amucous membrane - noun biology a
cylindrical coelenterate , such as thehydra , having amouth surrounded withtentacles
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane
- 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A vocal cord polyp is a small swelling in the mucous membranes covering the vocal cords.
Polyp Weather « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2008
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You are likewise to abstain from beans, from the preak, by some called the polyp, as also from coleworts, cabbage, and all other such like windy victuals, which may endanger the troubling of your brains and the dimming or casting a kind of mist over your animal spirits.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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You are likewise to abstain from beans, from the preak, by some called the polyp, as also from coleworts, cabbage, and all other such like windy victuals, which may endanger the troubling of your brains and the dimming or casting a kind of mist over your animal spirits.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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You are likewise to abstain from beans, from the preak, by some called the polyp, as also from coleworts, cabbage, and all other such like windy victuals, which may endanger the troubling of your brains and the dimming or casting a kind of mist over your animal spirits.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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Respect democracy and name the polyp Colbert! anon.
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For abortion supporters of the 'clump of cells' variety, I compare this to watching a colonoscopy, where a clump of cells called a polyp is removed.
Suing your own abortionist for making you witness the murder of your accidentally delivered child. Ann Althouse 2009
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HD imaging enabled us to scrutinize the pattern of the polyp, which is very informative, and determine that it was not cancerous.
Apple: We're in your office, we're in your living room, and now we're up your ass 2007
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A polyp is a small, usually benign noncancerous growth in the lining of the uterus.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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A polyp is a small, usually benign noncancerous growth in the lining of the uterus.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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A polyp is a small, usually benign noncancerous growth in the lining of the uterus.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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