Noun: polyp pó-lip
- 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"
- Small vascular growth on a mucous membrane surface
"The ENT removed a polyp from the patient's nasal cavity";
- polypus [archaic]
Derived forms: polyps
Type of: cnidarian, coelenterate, growth
Part of: Cnidaria, Coelenterata, phylum Cnidaria, phylum Coelenterata
Encyclopedia: Polyp