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polypoid

[ pol-uh-poid ]

adjective

, Pathology.
  1. resembling a polyp.


polypoid

/ ˈpɒlɪˌpɔɪd /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or resembling a polyp
  2. (of a coelenterate) having the body in the form of a polyp
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of polypoid1

First recorded in 1835–45; polyp + -oid
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Example Sentences

If the rectum be affected the mucous membrane becomes thickened, polypoid growths form and large submucous haemorrhages may take place.

Polypoid growths of the rectum must be surgically treated.

Back home and full of bounce after a five-week tour of Western Europe was Dwight Eisenhower, 71; bouncing back nicely in a Manhattan hospital after an operation to remove a polypoid lesion from his large intestine was Herbert Hoover, 88; perennially bouncy Harry Truman, 78, was gadding about Manhattan.

Simple growths of the salivary glands, cysts of the pancreas and polypoid tumours of the rectum are the most frequent.

So, again, Dr. Strethill Wright remarks, "in the life-history of the Hydroid� any phase, planuloid, polypoid, or medusoid, may be absent."

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