(medicine) An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane. / (zoology) A cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles.

plural of polype

Archaic form of polyp.

Relating to, resembling, or characterized by the presence of a polyp.

plural of polyp

(pathology) A growth in the nose commonly connected with allergic rhinitis, but not directly caused by it, arising mainly from the mucous membranes and paranasal sinuses.

(medicine) A benign, often solitary, rubbery, polypoid outgrowth of epidermal and dermal fibrovascular tissue protruding from the skin surface.

plural of nasal polyp

plural of fibroepithelial polyp

(organic chemistry) Any polymer of (same or different) amino acids joined via peptide bonds. / (biochemistry) Any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein.