polyp

From Latin polypus (“a polyp, a polypus in the nose”), from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).

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

• polypoid

• polyposis

• 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

• loppy

polyp m

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