POLYPUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: polypi

Meaning:

A small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane

Synonyms:

polyp; polypus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("polypus" is a kind of...):

growth ((pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polypus"):

adenomatous polyp (a polyp that consists of benign neoplastic tissue derived from glandular epithelium)

sessile polyp (a relatively flat polyp)

pedunculated polyp (a polyp with a stalk or peduncle)