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polyp

pol·yp
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pol-ip]
    • /ˈpɒl ɪp/
    • /ˈpɒl.ɪp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pol-ip]
    • /ˈpɒl ɪp/

Definitions of polyp word

  • noun polyp Zoology. a sedentary type of animal form characterized by a more or less fixed base, columnar body, and free end with mouth and tentacles, especially as applied to coelenterates. an individual zooid of a compound or colonial organism. 1
  • noun polyp Pathology. a projecting growth from a mucous surface, as of the nose, being either a tumor or a hypertrophy of the mucous membrane. 1
  • noun polyp growth, benign tumour 1
  • countable noun polyp A polyp is a small unhealthy growth on a surface inside your body, especially inside your nose. 0
  • countable noun polyp A polyp is a small animal that lives in the sea. It has a hollow body like a tube and long parts called tentacles around its mouth. 0
  • noun polyp one of the two forms of individual that occur in coelenterates. It usually has a hollow cylindrical body with a ring of tentacles around the mouth 0

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Origin of polyp

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English polip, short for polipus nasal tumor (later, also cephalopod, now obsolete) < Medieval Latin, Latin pōlypus < dialectal Greek poulýpous octopus, nasal tumor (Attic polýpous, genitive polýpodos; see poly-, -pod)

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Parts of speech for Polyp

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

polyp popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

polyp usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for polyp

noun polyp

  • cancroid — resembling a cancerous growth
  • fungi — a taxonomic kingdom, or in some classification schemes a division of the kingdom Plantae, comprising all the fungus groups and sometimes also the slime molds.
  • fungus — any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single-celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic material in which they grow, comprising the mushrooms, molds, mildews, smuts, rusts, and yeasts, and classified in the kingdom Fungi or, in some classification systems, in the division Fungi (Thallophyta) of the kingdom Plantae.
  • growth — the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase.

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