polypoid, a.
(ˈpɒlɪpɔɪd)
[f. L. polyp-us polyp, polypus + -oid.]
1. Zool. Resembling or of the nature of a polyp.
| 1850 Allman in Brit. Assoc. Rep. (1851) 305 Those polypoid molluscous animals. 1871 ― Gymnobl. Hydroids 17 The polypoid phases of the Hydroida. 1877 Le Conte Elem. Geol. (1879) 294 The larval form of most if not all Medusae is a compound polypoid animal. |
2. Path. Resembling or of the nature of a polypus.
| 1842 in Dunglison Med. Lex. 1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxvi. 334 Polypoid condylomata. These were fleshy, roundish, soft. 1884 M. Mackenzie Dis. Throat & Nose II. 365 Polypus and polypoid thickening of the mucous membrane of the nose. |
So polyˈpoidal a.
| 1890 in Cent. Dict. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 693 The growth has been somewhat soft and of a polypoidal appearance. |