polyp

See also Polyp

English

Wikipedia Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin polypus (“a polyp, a polypus in the nose”), from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polupous), from πολύς (polus, “many”) + πούς (pous, “foot”).

Noun

polyp (plural polyps)

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

Derived terms

• polypoid

Related terms

• polyposis

Translations

growth

• Czech: polyp (cs) m
• Finnish: polyyppi (fi)
• German: Polyp (de) m

• Icelandic: sepi (is) m
• Italian: polipo (it) m
• Russian: полип (ru) (políp) m
• Spanish: pólipo (es) m

coelenterate

• Czech: polyp (cs) m
• Finnish: polyyppi (fi)
• Icelandic: holsepi (is) m
• Italian: polipo (it) m

• Russian: полип (ru) (políp) m
• Spanish: pólipo (es) m

External links

• polyp in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• polyp in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• polyp at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Czech

Noun

polyp m

1. polyp (biology)
2. polyp (medicine)