noun
Meaning 1
A medical phenomenon.
A polyp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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polypus
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General-American: /ˈpɑlɪpəs/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɒlɪpəs/
noun
Meaning 2
A medical phenomenon.
A cardiac thrombus usually found post-mortem.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hematology, medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
An aquatic creature.
A tentacled cephalopod, such as an octopus, squid, or cuttlefish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 4
An aquatic creature.
Any of various simple aquatic invertebrates having mouths surrounded by tentacles, including hydrozoa and anthozoa; including the sessile life stages of organisms whose corresponding free-swimming stage is the medusa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 5
a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: polyp
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Broader terms: growth
Narrower terms: adenomatous polyp, sessile polyp, pedunculated polyp
History
Etymology
From Latin polypus, from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous). Doublet of polyp.