polypus

/ ˈpɒlɪpəs /

noun

1. pathol another word for polyp

Word History and Origins

Origin of polypus¹

C16: via Latin from Greek: polyp

Example Sentences

In the first century AD, Pliny the Elder wrote of a "polypus" that was "enormous beyond all conception" and "exhaled a most dreadful stench."

From Salon

Insert the boat into the bottle stern first, using a bent metal coat hanger or a surgeon’s tool called polypus forceps.

From New York Times

You can see the coral insects and polypuses clinging to the rocks, and far below, fishes of different species meeting and swimming past each other.

From Project Gutenberg

He died of a polypus in the heart in July, 1749.

From Project Gutenberg

The sequel� of otitis media, such as granulations sprouting out from the drumhead, some of which may be of large size and are known as polypi, may require treatment by the aurist.

From Project Gutenberg