polyp : Idioms & Phrases


adenomatous polyp

  • noun a polyp that consists of benign neoplastic tissue derived from glandular epithelium
    • adenomatous polyps are visible protrusions that can develop on the mucosal surface of the colon or rectum
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Fresh-water polyp

  • the hydra.
Webster 1913

Nutritive polyp

  • (Zoöl.), any one of the zooids of a compound hydroid, or coral, which has a mouth and digestive cavity.
Webster 1913

pedunculated polyp

  • noun a polyp with a stalk or peduncle
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Polyp stem

  • (Zoöl.), that portion of the stem of a siphonophore which bears the polypites, or feeding zooids.
Webster 1913

sessile polyp

  • noun a relatively flat polyp
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