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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 38 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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POLYPUS , a See also:

term signifying a See also:tumour which is attached by a narrow See also:neck to the walls of a cavity lined with mucousmembrane. A polypus• or polypoid tumour may belong to any variety of tumour, either See also:simple or See also:malignant. The most See also:common variety is a polypus of the See also:nose of simple See also:character and easily removed. Polypi are also met with in the See also:ear, larynx, uterus, See also:bladder, vagina, and rectum.

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