Definition of Polypoid

1. a. Like a polyp; having the nature of a polyp, but lacking the tentacles or other parts.

Definition of Polypoid

1. Adjective. Resembling a polyp. ¹

2. Adjective. Marked by the presence of lesions suggesting polyps. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Polypoid

1. resembling a polyp [adj] - See also: polyp

Medical Definition of Polypoid

1. 1. Like a polyp; having the nature of a polyp, but lacking the tentacles or other parts. 2. Resembling a polypus in appearance; having a character like that of a polypus. Origin: Polyp. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polypoid

polyploidization
polyploidizations
polyploids
polyploidy
polypnea
polypneas
polypneic
polypod
polypode
polypodia
polypodial
polypodies
polypodium
polypods
polypody
polypoid (current term)
polypoid adenoma
polypoid gallbladder lesions
polypomedusae
polyporaceae
polypore
polypores
polyporous
polyporus
polyposia
polyposic
polyposis
polyposis coli
polyposis syndromes
polypotent

Literary usage of Polypoid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual for the Practice of Surgery by Thomas Bryant (1881)
"polypoid outgrowths occasionally spring from tin- prostate gland and give rise to ... They differ widely in this respect from the polypoid tumors hist ..."

2. The Laryngoscope by American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society (1902)
"Sequel to Case of Radical Cure of Multiple Suppurative Sinusitis and polypoid Disease of the Nose. Previously exhibited April 10, 1895, and January 8, 1896. ..."

3. A Text-book of the Diseases of the Small Domestic Animals by Oscar Victor Brumley (1921)
"polypoid Growths. —polypoid growths (myxomas) are found occasionally projecting from the pharyngeal mucous membrane. They vary greatly in size from half an ..."

4. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases, Injuries, and Malformations of the by Samuel David Gross (1855)
"polypoid tumors are excised; calculous concretions, extracted. ... polypoid Tumors.—These tumors occur in both sexes, and in different portions of the ..."

5. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases and Injuries of the Urinary Bladder by Samuel David Gross (1851)
"polypoid AND VASCULAR TUMOURS OP THE URETHRA. Mucn confusion has hitherto existed in the minds of pathologists respecting certain morbid growths of the ..."

6. Diseases of women by Robert Lawson Tait (1877)
"By a polypoid tumour we mean one which is distinctly ... A vast number of different kinds of uterine polypoid growths have been described, almost every ..."

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