polyp English

Meaning polyp meaning

What does polyp mean?

polyp

— noun a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane

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

Synonyms polyp synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as polyp?

polyp English » English

polypus

tumor

sarcoma

polype

neoplasm

melanoma

malignant tumor

malignant growth

malignance

growth