SESSILE POLYP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sessile polyp mean? 

• SESSILE POLYP (noun)
  The noun SESSILE POLYP has 1 sense:

1. a relatively flat polyp

  Familiarity information: SESSILE POLYP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SESSILE POLYP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A relatively flat polyp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

polyp; polypus (a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane)

 Context examples 

It usually presents as a small sessile polyp.

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