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Cylindrical vs Polyp - What's the difference?

cylindrical | polyp |

As a adjective cylindrical

is shaped like a cylinder.

As a noun polyp is

(medicine) an abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane.

cylindrical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Shaped like a cylinder.

    • Derived terms

    * cylindrically

    polyp

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) an abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane
  • (biology) a cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles

    • Derived terms

    * polypoid

    Related terms

    * polyposis

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