noun
definition
An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane
definition
A cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles
Examples of polyps in a Sentence
The polyps arefree and walk on their tentacles.
About 1 in 100 people will develop nasal polyps at some point in their life.
Bowel cancers can develop from small growths in the gut, called polyps.
Many older people have polyps on their bowel lining, very few of them will develop into cancer.
Abnormal cells can form polyps (small growths) which may develop into cancer.
Over time, certain types of polyps, called adenomatous polyps, may develop into cancer.
Metaplastic polyps have no significant potential to cause cancer and are very unlikely to lead to any significant problem even if not removed.
None of the women had a history of colon cancer or precancerous polyps.
These lesions have been shown to progress to malignancy in a manor analogous to colonic polyps.
In the same trial, other people with a history of colon polyps were assigned to take calcium supplements.
The inhibitory effect of budesonide was higher than that of nedocromil sodium on both nasal polyps and nasal mucosa.
The rock is covered in life including yellow and white sponges, pompom xenia, brown zoos and several different types of small polyps.
Hence, in a colony of calyptoblastic hydroids, the oldest polyp of a system is the lowest; the youngest polyp is the top F =most one; and the axis of the system is a false axis composed of portions of each of the consecutive polyps.
Polyps 3 and 6, stomach, and become eloninstead of producing uniserial pinnules, gated and tentacle-like, have produced biserial branches (3, 3 showing great activity of 3 3, 3 4;6 1 -6 3), which give off uniserial movement.
The life-cycle of the Leptolinae consists of an alternation of generations in which non-sexual individuals, polyps, produce by budding sexual individuals, medusae, which give rise by the sexual process to the non-sexual polyps again, so completing the cycle.
Here belong the deep-sea genera Monocaulus and Branchiocerianthus, including the largest hydroid polyps known, both genera producing sessile gonophores.
Their structure is eminently that of degenerate forms. Many frequent growths of coralline Algae and hydroid polyps, upon the juices of which they feed, and in some cases a species of gall is produced in hydroids by the penetration of the larval Pantopod into the tissues of the polyp.
De Blainville included in his group many unicellular forms such as Noctiluca (see PROTOZOA), sea-anemones, corals, jelly-fish and hydroid polyps, echinoderms, polyzoa and rotifera.
He had a colonoscopy three months later, which revealed 3 sessile polyps in the rectum, all of which were excised.
The polyps are usually tubular adenomas with over 1000 polyps often found in a typical patient.
The zoophyte branch offered some very unusual specimens from its two groups, the polyps and the echinoderms.
We took her to a vet that flushed out her nasal passage, as well as did a scoping to look for nasal polyps but none were found.
Most colon and rectal cancers arise from benign growths called polyps.
Screening can catch polyps before they turn into cancer.
Nasal problems, such as chronic congestion, allergies, a deviated septum, or nasal polyps, may all cause snoring.
Untreated allergies, asthma, nasal polyps, and sinus infections can all cause or worsen snoring.
Blocked nasal passages, caused by colds, allergies or nasal polyps or a deviated septum.
Remove nasal polyps which can cause inflammation in the nasal cavities and make breathing through the nose difficult.
Removing the polyps opens up the nasal passages.
Nasal polyps, or growths, affect about one in five people with CF.
While nasal polyps appear in older people without CF, especially those with allergies, they are rare in children without CF.
Medication or surgery may also be necessary to control heavy menstrual flow or to remove polyps (growths or nodules) from the bowels.
If the obstruction is caused by tumors, polyps, or scar tissue, they will be surgically removed.
Surgery to remove tumors or polyps in the intestines helps prevent recurrences, although adhesions can form after surgery, which can be another cause of obstruction.
Other causes of bleeding are sexually transmitted disease, an ectopic pregnancy, ovarian cysts, and uterine fibroids or polyps.
This increase in skin tags is also associated with the development of growths, called polyps, within the large intestine that may eventually become cancerous.
Nasal polyps or increased amounts of nasal secretions are often noted in patients with asthma.
Some other condition, such as nasal polyps or chronic lung disease, complicates the asthma.
However, the likelihood of acquiring polyps associated with colon cancer was lowered.
The hydroid colony shows many variations in form and architec- ture which depend simply upon differences in the methods in which polyps are budded.
F, the founder-polyp; I, 2, 3, 4, the succession of polyps budded from the founder-polyp; a', b', c', the succession of polyps budded from 1; a 2, 2 polyps budded from 2; a 3, polyp budded from 3.
F, foundersecond bud, which usually polyp; I, 2, 3, succession of polyps forms a side branch or pinnule budded from the founder.
One class g g of polyps, the dactylozoids of branching in the Plumularia-type; (dz), lose their mouth and compare with fig.
Podocoryne have 13 been interpreted by some authors as reduced polyps.
F, founder-polyp; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, succession of polyps budded from the founder; a, b, c, second series of polyps budded from the founder; a 3, b 3, series budded from 3.
It has been shown above that polyps are budded only from polyps and that the medusae may be budded either from polyps or from medusae.
The first case gives a colony entirely composed of polyps, as in many Hydroidea.
It is convenient to distinguish buds that give rise to polyps from those that form medusae.
Lang [29] in Hydra and other polyps.
Leuckart in 1848 compared medusae in general terms to flattened polyps.