English Explanatory Dictionary

polyp

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane.
  2. A cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles.
  3. The sessile life stage of many cnidarians, whose free-swimming stage, if present, is the medusa.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɑlɪp/ /ˈpɒlɪp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-polyp.wav

Word forms

polyp polyps

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.

Related words

polypian polyposis

Derived words

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

Translations

Bulgarian: полип Catalan: pòlip Czech: polyp Dutch: poliep Finnish: polyyppi French: polype German: Polyp Greek: πολύποδας Hungarian: polip Icelandic: holsepi Italian: polipo Portuguese: pólipo Russian: поли́п Spanish: pólipo Swedish: polyp
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