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polyp Definition

polyp (päl′ip)

noun

  1. any of various cnidarians, colonial or individual, having a mouth fringed with many small, slender tentacles bearing stinging cells at the top of a tubelike body, as the sea anemone or hydra
  2. a smooth projecting growth of hypertrophied mucous membrane in the nasal passages, bladder, rectum, etc.

Etymology: Fr polype < L polypus < Gr polypous < poly-, poly- + pous, foot

polyp Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • detect: Flexible sigmoidoscopy is not sufficient to detect polyps or cancer in the ascending or transverse colon ( two-thirds of the colon ).
  • remove: Unfortunately, removing nasal polyps does not always prevent them from growing back.
  • develop: About 1 in 100 people will develop nasal polyps at some point in their life.
  • call: Bowel cancers can develop from small growths in the gut, called polyps.
  • have: Many older people have polyps on their bowel lining, very few of them will develop into cancer.
  • form: Abnormal cells can form polyps ( small growths ) which may develop into cancer.

Preposition: in

  • colon: A benign or malignant polyp in the right colon may not be palpable through the bowel wall.

Adjective modifier

  • adenomatous: Over time, certain types of polyps, called adenomatous polyps, may develop into cancer.
  • hyperplastic: OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of eradication of H. pylori on the clinical course of patients with hyperplastic gastric polyps.
  • nasal: About 1 in 100 people will develop nasal polyps at some point in their life.
  • metaplastic: Metaplastic polyps have no significant potential to cause cancer and are very unlikely to lead to any significant problem even if not removed.
  • precancerous: None of the women had a history of colon cancer or precancerous polyps.
  • colonic: These lesions have been shown to progress to malignancy in a manor analogous to colonic polyps.

Modifies a noun

  • tissue: In other cases, polyp tissue is also removed from the sinuses.
  • formation: Women who were assigned to take calcium supplements had no reduction in risk of polyp formation compared with women in the control group.
  • development: Comment Overwhelming evidence for the effect of aspirin, coxib, or NSAID on adenomatous polyp development is lacking.
  • stage: About 30 per cent of bowel cancers arise from flat lesions and do not pass through a polyp stage.
  • removal: Bleeding may occur at the site of a biopsy or polyp removal.

Noun used with modifier

  • colon: In the same trial, other people with a history of colon polyps were assigned to take calcium supplements.
  • nasal: Have a nasal polyp all each one startling reminder of license to harrah's.