polyp
noun/ˈpɒlɪp/
/ˈpɑːlɪp/
- (medical) a small mass of cells that develops inside the body, especially in the nose, that is caused by disease but is not usually harmful
- a small and very simple sea creature with a body like a tube in shapeTopics Fish and shellfishc2
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (1)): from Old French polipe, from Latin polypus, from a variant of Greek polupous ‘cuttlefish, polyp’, from polu- ‘many’ + pous, pod- ‘foot’. Sense (2) dates from the mid 18th cent.
Check pronunciation:
polyp