polypus

noun plural -pi (-paɪ)

pathol another word for polyp (def. 2)

Word Origin

C16: via Latin from Greek: polyp

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Examples from the Web for polypus

Historical Examples

My brain twitched like a polypus that has been thrown into vinegar.
The Confession of a Fool
August Strindberg
It sounds as if she had a chronic cold or a polypus in her nose—by buther was a Greek.
The Duel
A. I. Kuprin
His nostrils, filled with a grove of bristles, puff out a polypus.
Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam
Ephraim Emerton
As the polypus resembles in colour the rock to which it clings.
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume V
J. H. Merle d'Aubigné
On removal of the polypus there may be considerable hmorrhage.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)
Various

polypus in Medicine

polypus

(pŏl′ə-pəs)

n. pl. pol•y•pi (-pī′)

polyp

polypus

Word Origin

Examples from the Web for polypus

Historical Examples

My brain twitched like a polypus that has been thrown into vinegar.

It sounds as if she had a chronic cold or a polypus in her nose—by buther was a Greek.

His nostrils, filled with a grove of bristles, puff out a polypus.

As the polypus resembles in colour the rock to which it clings.

On removal of the polypus there may be considerable hmorrhage.

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