POLYP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does polyp mean? 

• POLYP (noun)
  The noun POLYP has 2 senses:

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

2. 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

  Familiarity information: POLYP used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLYP (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 ("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)

Sense 2

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Context example:

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

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)

 Context examples 

Representative examples include middle ear polyp and adenoma.

(Benign Middle Ear Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include hemangioma and polyp.

(Benign Placental Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of multiple colorectal polyps that may progress to carcinoma.

(MUTYH-Associate Polyposis, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include squamous papilloma, endocervical polyp, and rhabdomyoma.

(Benign Cervical Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include leiomyoma, adenomyoma, endometrial stromal nodule, and endometrial polyp.

(Benign Uterine Corpus Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include leiomyoma, adenomyoma, and endocervical polyp.

(Benign Uterine Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-neoplastic hamartomatous polyp that arises from the colon.

(Colon Juvenile Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

It usually presents as a small mucosal polyp.

(Colon Ganglioneuroma, NCI Thesaurus)

A polyp that arises from the surface of the cervix.

(Cervical Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include endocervical polyp, rhabdomyoma, carcinoma, and melanoma.

(Cervical Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)