polypus

/ (ˈpɒlɪpəs) /

noun plural -pi (-paɪ)

pathol another word for polyp (def. 2)

Nearby words

polypropylene, polyprotic, polyprotodont, polyptych, polyptychial, polypus, polyradiculitis, polyradiculoneuropathy, polyrhythm, polyrhythmic, polyribosome

Word Origin for polypus

C16: via Latin from Greek: polyp

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Examples from the Web for polypus

The loop is then tightened until it firmly grasps the neck of the polypus (Fig. 184).
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)|Various
I mean go on with it in one piece, and don't hang on so many tails to it as to make it look like a polypus.
The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes|Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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
Fears of polypus distressed the patient, though I could not discover any.
New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers|Various

Vertigo and the Ice-Maiden seize on men as the polypus clutches at all within its reach.
The Ice-Maiden: and Other Tales.|Hans Christian Andersen

polypus

noun plural -pi (-paɪ)

Nearby words

Word Origin for polypus

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Medicine definitions for polypus

polypus

n. pl. pol•y•pi (-pī′)