polyp

A cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles.

Noun

  1. A cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles.

    1. The sessile life stage of many cnidarians, whose free-swimming stage, if present, is the medusa.

  2. An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane.

Origin

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.

Forms

polyps

Related

polypian polyposis

Derived

fibroepithelial polyp hydropolyp nasal polyp polypectomy polyped polyperythrin polypifer polypiferous polypiform polypigerous polypine polypite polypoid polypous pseudopolyp stauropolyp