polypous

[ pol-uh-puhs ]

adjective

1. polypoid.

Word History and Origins

Origin of polypous¹

First recorded in 1740–50; polyp + -ous

Example Sentences

And the waters in turn also change; seaweeds are transformed to herbs, forests of coral give place to forests of trees, polypous life changes to vegetation.

From Project Gutenberg

The Heart and Blood Vessels were sound, and no other polypous Concretions were observed within their Cavities, but such as we find in most dead Bodies; which seem to be formed of the coagulable Lymph in articulo mortis.

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He did not observe Vertigo, who stood in the air behind him, trying to lay hold of him with his outstretched polypous arms.

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Polypous concretions are firmer than in the preceding, more opaque, of a fibrous texture, and may be composed of successive layers.

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Fibrinous coagula and polypous concretions may be found in the cavities of the heart.

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