POLYPUS (polypi)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: polypi   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does polypus mean? 

• POLYPUS (noun)
  The noun POLYPUS has 1 sense:

1. a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane

  Familiarity information: POLYPUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLYPUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

polyp; polypus

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)