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Definition of: polypus
(pol′i·pəs) noun plural ·pi (-pī) Pathol.
1. A smooth growth of hypertrophied mucus found in mucous membrane, as in the nasal passages, bladder, rectum, etc.
2. A tumor. [<NL <L, a polypus]
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