1. A coelenterate, such as a hydra or coral, having a cylindrical body and an oral opening usually surrounded by tentacles. 2. A usually nonmalignant growth or tumor protruding from the mucous lining of an organ such as the nose, bladder, or intestine, often causing obstruction.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English polip, nasal tumor, from Old French polipe, from Latin plypus, cuttlefish, nasal tumor, from Greek polupous, poulupous : polu-, poly- + pous, foot; see ped- in Appendix I.
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lypus, cuttlefish, nasal tumor, from Greek polupous, poulupous : polu-, poly- + pous, foot; see ped- in Appendix I.
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