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noun
Polypus  n.  (pl. E. polypuses, L. polypi)  
1.
(Zool.) Same as Polyp.
2.
(Med.) A tumor, usually with a narrow base, somewhat resembling a pear, found in the nose, uterus, etc., and produced by hypertrophy of some portion of the mucous membrane.





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"Polypus" Quotes from Famous Books



... were so narrow, so cold and damp, that Caesar shivered on entering the first one, and he turned back, and instead of going inside that polypus of dark clefts, he walked around it by the road. On a small house with an arbour, which was on a corner, he saw a sign saying: 'Cafe Espanol'; ...
— Caesar or Nothing • Pio Baroja Baroja
... Minerva azure-eyed. With both hands suddenly he seized the rock, And, groaning, clench'd it till the billow pass'd. So baffled he that wave; but yet again The refluent flood rush'd on him, and with force Resistless dash'd him far into the sea. As pebbles to the hollow polypus 520 Extracted from his stony bed, adhere, So he, the rough rocks clasping, stripp'd his hands Raw, and the billows now whelm'd him again. Then had the hapless Hero premature Perish'd, but for sagacity inspired By Pallas azure-eyed. ...
— The Odyssey of Homer • Homer


Words linked to "Polypus" :   polyp, pedunculated polyp, adenomatous polyp


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