polyp

noun

/ˈpɒlɪp/

/ˈpɑːlɪp/

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(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.

单词	polyp
释义	polyp noun /ˈpɒlɪp/ /ˈpɑːlɪp/ jump to other results (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.
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