Polyp

n.

1.

(Zool.) One of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or coral. Fresh-water polyp the hydra. Polyp stem (Zool.) that portion of the stem of a siphonophore which bears the polypites, or feeding zooids.

Noun	1.	polyp - a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane Synonyms: polypus
	2.	polyp - one of two forms that coelenterates take e.g. a hydra or coral: usually sedentary and has a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth

Pronunciation: (PAH-lip)

Tissue bulging from the surface of an organ. Although these growths are not normal, they often are not cause for concern. However, people who have polyps in the colon may have an increased risk of colorectal cancer.

abdominal hernia, abscess, aposteme, bed sore, blain, bleb, blister, boil, bubo, bulla, bunion, canker, canker sore, carbuncle, chancre, chancroid, chilblain, cold sore, colitis, diverticulitis, diverticulosis, duodenal ulcer, duodenitis, eschar, esophagal ulcer, esophagitis, felon, fester, festering, fever blister, fistula, furuncle, furunculus, gastritis, gathering, gumboil, hemorrhoids, hiatal hernia, kibe, lesion, megacolon, papula, papule, paronychia, parulis, peptic ulcer, peritonitis, petechia, piles, pimple, pock, pustule, rising, scab, soft chancre, sore, stigma, stomach ulcer, sty, suppuration, swelling, tubercle, ulcer, ulceration, wale, welt, wheal, whelk, whitlow, wound