See Also: Polyp(medicine)
polyp(encyclopedia)
polyp(dictionary)
polyp(dictionary)
Polyp(health)
regenerative polyp(medicine)
pedunculated polyp(medicine)
osseous polyp(medicine)
nasal polyp(medicine)
myomatous polyp(medicine)

polyp (iou)



polyp noun. Also (now rare) polype. LME.
[Old French polipe (mod. -ype) from Latin POLYPUS.]
Medicine. A growth, usu. benign and with a stalk, protruding from a mucous membrane. LME.
= POLYPUS 2. L16-M18.
An individual coelenterate as a hydra; esp. an individual organism in a coelenterate colony such as coral. M18.
Times The starfish eat the tiny polyps which build up the coral.