polyp

1. 1.

   a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane

   Synonymspolypus

   Broadergrowth

   Narroweradenomatous polypsessile polyppedunculated polyp
2. 2.

   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

   “in some species of coelenterate, polyps are a phase in the life cycle that alternates with a medusoid phase”

   Broadercoelenterate

   Part ofCnidaria

Other forms of polyp

plural

polyps·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about polyp

What does polyp mean?

polyp means "a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in polyp?

polyp has 2 syllables: po-lyp. The stress falls on "po". In IPA it is /ˈpɑlɪp/.

What is another word for polyp?

Close synonyms include polypus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is polyp a common word?

polyp is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.