Meaning & use
Polypus
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An older medical term for a polyp, an abnormal growth of tissue projecting from a mucous membrane.
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The physician noted a nasal polypus obstructing the patient's airway.
Nineteenth-century medical texts often referred to intestinal growths as a polypus.
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The older Latinate form of 'polyp', now largely replaced in modern medical usage by 'polyp'.
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