1) Benchley sex-life subject 2) Colonoscopy detection 3) Colonoscopy find 4) Coral colony component 5) Coral colony member 6) Coral component 7) Coral creator 8) Coral creature 9) Coral element 10) Coral maker 11) Coral producer 12) Coral reef component 13) Coral reef creature 14) Coral segment 15) Growth
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1) Polypus
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• (n.) Same as Anthozoa. See Anthozoa, Madreporaria, Hydroid. • (n.) One of the Anthozoa. • (n.) One of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or coral.
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in medicine, any growth projecting from the wall of a cavity lined with a mucous membrane. A polyp may have a broad base, in which case it is called ... [11 related articles]
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in zoology, one of two principal body forms occurring in members of the animal phylum Cnidaria. The polyp may be solitary, as in the sea anemone, or ... [7 related articles]
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A growth that protrudes from a mucous membrane.
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A sedentary form of cnidarian. Polyps may be solitary individuals or members of a cnidarian colony. They consist of a cylindrical trunk, fixed at one end, with a mouth at the other end, surrounded by a ring of tentacles. Many polyps reproduce by budding, and may form colonies. Some reproduce sexua...
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Benign (non-cancerous) bowel tumour.
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1. <pathology> Growth, usually benign, protruding from a mucous membrane. ... 2. <plant biology> The sessile stage of the Cnidarian life cycle, the cylindrical body is attached to the substratum at its lower end and has a mouth surrounded by tentacles bearing nematocysts at the upper end, Hydra and the feeding polyps of the colonial Obe...
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(pol´ip) any growth or mass protruding from a mucous membrane; it may be pedunculated (attached to the membrane by a thin stalk), or sessile (having a broad base). Polyps are usually an overgrowth of normal tissue, but sometimes they are true tumors, masses of new tissue separate from the supporting membrane. Usua...
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A small growth, usually benign, protruding from the endometrium and dangle into the cavity of the womb. It may interfere with embryo implantation by acting like a coil. Polyps are usually removed surgically.
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is a benign (non-cancerous) growth in the lining of the bowel
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A non-cancerous growth found in the moist inner linings (mucous membranes) of the body.
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(1) Growth, usually benign, protruding from a mucous membrane. (2) The sessile stage of the Cnidarian (coelenterate) life-cycle; the cylindrical body is attached to the substratum at its lower end, and has a mouth surrounded by tentacles bearing nematocysts at the upper end; Hydra and the feeding-polyps of the colonial Obeliaare examples.
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Pol'yp noun [ Latin
polypus , Greek ..., ..., literally, many-footed;
poly`s many + ..., ..., foot: confer French
polype . See
Poly- and
Foot , and confer
Polypode ,
Polypody ,
Poulp .]
(Zoology) (a) One of the feeding or n...
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Polyp: A mass of tissue that develops on the inside wall of a hollow organ, as within the colon or rectum. The word polyp comes from the Greek words polys, many + pous, feet. The idea that a polyp has many feet is erroneous. Most polyps have a single pedicle. The term polyp is descriptive. Polyps may be benign, premalignant, or malignant.
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(L: polypus many-footed) one of two basic body forms in the Phylum Cnidaria (stinging flower animals), the other being the medusa. Some cnidarians are exclusively polyps whether solitary (anemones) or colonial (corals). Others are solely medusae (some planktonic forms) and still others alternate between polyp and medusa (many hydroids and most jell...
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A small fleshy mass projecting from the surface of a mucous membrane.
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[The Tempest] any of various cnidarians, as the sea anemone or hydra, having a mouth fringed with many small, slender tentacles bearing stinging cells at the top of a tubelike body.
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An individual of a solitary coelenterate or one member of a coelenterate colony
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a growth that occurs on mucous membranes such as those in the nose and intestine; bleeds easily and can become cancerous
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noun one of two forms that coelenterates take e.g. a hydra or coral: usually sedentary and has a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth
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(medicine) Small `stalked` benign tumour, usually found on mucous membrane of the nose or bowels. Intestinal polyps are usually removed, since some have been found to be precursors of cancer
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A usually nonmalignant growth or tumor protruding from the mucous lining of an organ, such as the colon. Colon polyps are fleshy growths that occur on the inside (the lining) of the large intestine.
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a growth that projects from the lining of mucous membrane, such as the intestine.
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