polyp

See also: Polyp

English

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.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɪp/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒlɪp/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɒlɪp
• Hyphenation: pol‧yp

Noun

polyp (plural polyps)

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.

Derived terms

• polypoid

Related terms

• polypian
• polyposis

Translations

growth

• Bulgarian: полип m (polip)
• Catalan: pòlip (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 息肉 (zh) (xīròu)

• Czech: polyp (cs) m
• Finnish: polyyppi (fi)
• French: polype (fr) m
• German: Polyp (de) m
• Icelandic: sepi m
• Italian: polipo (it) m
• Japanese: ポリープ (porīpu), ポリプ (poripu)
• Portuguese: pólipo m
• Russian: поли́п (ru) m (políp)
• Slovene: políp (sl) m
• Spanish: pólipo (es) m
• Swedish: polyp (sv) c

coelenterate

• Bulgarian: полип m (polip)
• Catalan: pòlip (ca) m
• Czech: polyp (cs) m
• Finnish: polyyppi (fi)
• German: Polyp (de) m
• Hungarian: polip (hu)
• Icelandic: holsepi m
• Italian: polipo (it) m
• Portuguese: pólipo m
• Russian: поли́п (ru) m (políp)
• Spanish: pólipo (es) m
• Swedish: polyp (sv) c

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• loppy

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolɪp]

Noun

polyp m

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

Derived terms

• polypí

Further reading

• polyp in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• polyp in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989