əˌpɔɪd
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polyp (ˈpɒlɪp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | zoology Compare medusa 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 |
| 2. | pathol Also called: polypus a small vascularized growth arising from the surface of a mucous membrane, having a rounded base or a stalklike projection |
| [C16 polip, from French polype nasal polyp, from Latin pōlypus sea animal, nasal polyp, from Greek polupous having many feet] | |
| 'polypous | |
| —adj | |
| 'polypoid | |
| —adj | |
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| polypoid (ˈpɒlɪˌpɔɪd) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of, relating to, or resembling a polyp |
| 2. | (of a coelenterate) having the body in the form of a polyp |
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polypoid pol·yp·oid (pŏl'ə-poid')
adj.
Resembling a polyp.
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