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POLYP

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of two forms that coelenterates take (e.g. a hydra or coral): usually sedentary with a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth

Example:

in some species of coelenterate, polyps are a phase in the life cycle that alternates with a medusoid phase

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

cnidarian; coelenterate (radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms)

Holonyms ("polyp" is a member of...):

Cnidaria; Coelenterata; phylum Cnidaria; phylum Coelenterata (hydras; polyps; jellyfishes; sea anemones; corals)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane

Synonyms:

polyp; polypus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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

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

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)

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 Context examples: 

Representative examples include endocervical polyp, cervical adenocarcinoma, and cervical glandular intraepithelial neoplasia.

(Cervical Glandular Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Examples include inflammation, polyps, and cancer.

(Paranasal Sinus Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A polyp that arises from the appendix.

(Appendix Sessile Serrated Adenoma/Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

It also didn’t examine how many people with polyps went on to develop cancer.

(Eating Yogurt May Lower Risk of Colon Cancer in Men, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A polyp in the uterine cavity that is formed by placenta remnants.

(Placental Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

Aberrant crypt foci form before colorectal polyps and are one of the earliest changes that can be seen in the colon that may lead to cancer.

(Aberrant crypt foci, NCI Dictionary)

ACF form before colorectal polyps and are one of the earliest changes that can be seen in the colon that may lead to cancer.

(Aberrant Crypt Focus, NCI Dictionary)

A polyp that arises from the paranasal sinus mucosa.

(Paranasal Sinus Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

The Peutz-Jeghers polyps are grossly lobulated and dark.

(Peutz-Jeghers Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

A genetic disorder in which polyps form in the intestine and dark spots appear on the mouth and fingers.

(Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, NCI Dictionary)