polyp
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1. 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 (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | cnidarian, coelenterate, |
| definition | : | radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms (noun.animal) |
2. a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | growth, |
| definition | : | (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | adenomatous polyp, |
| definition | : | a polyp that consists of benign neoplastic tissue derived from glandular epithelium (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | sessile polyp, |
| definition | : | a relatively flat polyp (noun.state) |
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