Polypus

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun ·same·as Polyp.

II. Polypus ·noun 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
pō̆lypŭs, i, m. (fem., Lucil. ap. Non. 220, 4), = πολύπους (many-footed; Dor. and Aeol. πωλύπος), a ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
polypus
polypus (pōl-, H.) ī, m , πολύπους, a polypus, sea polypus, O.—A tumor in the nose, polypus, H. ...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary