polyp

Etymology

From Latin polypus (“a polyp, a polypus in the nose”), from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + πούς (poús, “foot”). Doublet of polypus.

noun

  1. (medicine) An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane.
  2. (zoology) A cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles.

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