Polypus

{pol’-e-pus) [ttoAvc, many; ttovc, foot; //., polypi]. A tumor having a pedicle, found especially on mucous membranes, as in the nose, bladder, rectum, uterus, etc. P., Blood-. Synonym of P., Placental. P. carnosus. Synonym of Sarcoma. P., Fibrinous, a polypoid ma on the uterine wall, resulting from the deposition of fibrin from retained blood. The ma may be attached to portions of an ovum or to thrombi at the placental site. P., Fibrous, a polypus composed chiefly of fibrous ti ue. P., Mucous, a soft P. resulting either from a localized inflammatory hyperplasia of a mucous membrane or from the formation of a true myxoma. P., Placental, a fibrinous polyp resulting from the deposit of fibrin upon a portion of retained placenta. P., Soft, Synonym of P., Mucous. P., Vascular, a polypoid angioma. 515