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”).

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

• polyposis

Translations

growth

• 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

• Czech: polyp (cs) m
• Finnish: polyyppi (fi)
• 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, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• polyp at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• loppy

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Czech

Noun

polyp m

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