polypus

(pol’ip-us), pl. pol’ypi [L.; Gr. πολύς many + πούς foot]. A smooth and pedunculated growth from a mucous surface, as of the nose, bladder, rectum, etc. Polypi are either the result of hypertrophy of mucous membrane or else are true tumors. blood-p. Same as placental p. Ῥ. car no’sus, a sarcoma. cellular p., a mucous polypus. p. cys’tic us, p. hydatido’ sus, an elongated mucous or polypoid cyst. fibrinous p., an intra-uterine polypus made up of fibrin from retained blood. It may grow from portions of an ovum or from a thrombus at the placental site. fibrous p., a polypus made up mainly of fibrous ti ue. fleshy p., a submucous myoma protruding into the uterine cavity. gelatinous Ῥ. Same as myxoma. Ho Ἔ Ρ., a papillary hypertrophy of the nasal mucosa having something of the appearance of a papilloma. hydatid p., polypus cystic us. tp.,a carcinoma or sarcoma. mucous p. 1. A soft polypus due to local inflammatory hyperplasia of the mucous membrane. 2. A true myxoma. O8se0Us P., a polypus containing bony ti ue. placental p., one derived from a piece of retained placenta. raspberry cellular p., a polypus of the ear made up of berry-like ma es with a central pedicle. round-cell p. Same as mucous p. spongy Ῥ. Same as mucous p. vascular p., a polypoid angioma.