Search Result for "polypus":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane;
[syn: polyp, polypus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Polypus \Pol"y*pus\, n.; pl. E. Polypuses, L. Polypi. [L. See Polyp.] 1. (Zool.) Same as Polyp. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) A tumor, usually with a narrow base, somewhat resembling a pear, -- found in the nose, uterus, etc., and produced by hypertrophy of some portion of the mucous membrane. [1913 Webster]
