The elephant approaches nearer to man in intellectual power than the oyster does to the elephant; and a link of sensitive nature may be traced from the polypus to the philosopher.
The polypus was no longer swimming; it was running like a terrestrial animal, climbing over the rocks by its armed extremities, which were now serving as apparatus of locomotion.
A polypus came up behind it, whilst the others continued their digestion.
I seene anie more of this sort than the Polypus called in English the lobstar, crafish or creuis, and the crab.
If the axiom be true that greatness or littleness makes no change in the species, then this Krake must be of the Polypus kind, notwithstanding its enormous size.
The coral consists of a deposit of carbonate of lime, and each polypus dwells in a cell which exhibits a number of thin stony rays nearly meeting in the middle.
THE RED CORAL, just described, belongs to the section of zoophytes called Asteroida by Cuvier, in which the surface of the polypidom is fleshy, and each polypus has only eight arms.
A gentleman of sixty years of age, with nasal polypus only moderately developed, yet of many years' duration, was much troubled by the chronic nasal obstruction which was markedly worse in wet weather.
In no case is the polypus really cured, but greatly diminished in size, and the patient rendered relatively comfortable.
Fears ofpolypus distressed the patient, though I could not discover any.
Cooper told me that he had relieved a case of nasal polypus with Lemna minor, and having several cases of the kind that had long been under my observation I thought it my duty to give them the benefit of Lemna.
A polypus is a tumor growing from the mucous membrane, and often connected to it by a narrow neck.
At other times, unless the womb is opened in the effort to expel it, the polypus can be detected only by examining the womb with the oiled hand introduced through the rectum.
If growing in the vagina, a polypusmay project as a reddish, rounded tumor from the vulva, especially during the act of passing water.
The mucous membrane covering the turbinated bodies may become dilated and swollen, finally developing by catarrhal processes into a polypus at that point.
A polypus located at the junction of the nasal passages and throat by force of gravity always causes obstruction to the lower nasal cavity when lying down.
In mild cases correcting the constitutional derangement may check the morbid process in the nostrils and cause absorption of the polypus growth.
In the early stages before the tumor is well developed, the symptoms may be those of nasal catarrh, and the diagnosis of polypus be possible only after a personal examination by a skillful specialist.
The term Nasal Polypus is usually given to a variety of growths which are met with in the nasal passages far more frequently than any other tumors.
The removal of the polypus may sometimes be accomplished by snuffing powdered blood-root.
Thus it is plain to understand how chronic Pharyngitis, Laryngitis, Bronchitis, and Asthma may result from a small polypus in the nasal cavity.
Neither is the size of the polypus always in proportion to the severity of the symptoms.
The polypus had a very long neck, and was forced out of the external opening by the child, which was then born with ease.
As an instance that the presence of the menses is no proof that pregnancy has not occurred, I give the following case:--Not long since I was requested to see a lady who was supposed to labor under a polypus in the womb.
Its situation and immobility, its pink colour, and the shrinkage under cocain, distinguish it from the mucous polypus of the nose.
The true alveolar tumour is to be diagnosed from a mass of redundant granulations such as may form in relation to a carious tooth, from a polypus or an epithelioma of the gum, a tumour of the body of the jaw, or an angioma.
A polypus another kind of the mollia[N] sometimes wee haue met with.
In their introduction the half-hand (left) should be passed to the cervix; the iodoform bacillus should be seized by a pair of polypus forceps and pushed into the cervical canal.
A polypus may sometimes be removal by the forceps or better by the snare.
Thus the doctor went on lecturing on the polypus over the dead body of our late companion--his love of natural history making him for the moment almost forget the horrors of the scene.
By searching, reflecting, and comparing, I became persuaded that the foundation of my complaint was a polypusat the heart, and Doctor Salomon appeared to coincide with the idea.
Mercer very properly remarks that, in the second or chondromatous variety of polypus of the meatus, the treatment must depend upon the concomitant circumstances.
Various species of polypus irritate the coats of the stomach.
Excision with the bistoury, or with scissors, may be tried when the polypus is near the orifice of the nostril, and particularly when it is not large at the base.
When a Polypus is cut in two lengthways, these close themselves, the wounds are healed in a few moments, and in the course of some hours they will eat greedily.
In fairly roomy nostrils a stoutpolypus forceps can be used instead of the snare.
It is a suitable method for the removal of papilloma, fibroma, and bleedingpolypus of the septum.
Under good illumination, and using the speculum and reflected light if necessary, the shaft of the snare is passed along the upper portion of the auditory canal until the edge of the polypus is reached.
With the removal of a first polypus others come into view and they must be treated in the same manner.
Various forms of polypus forceps and bone-pliers may be required, and the necrosed bone has to be raised from its bed by a variety of lever and to-and-fro movements.
An aural polypus should always be removed because, apart from the fact that it is a symptom of underlying disease, it may obstruct free drainage of the purulent discharge, and therefore become a source of danger.
As a fibroid polypus still intra-uterine or presenting through a naturally dilated and thinned-out cervix (submucous pedunculated).
The rough and ready method of extracting a polypus forcibly from the ear by means of forceps, although practised formerly, has now been discarded as being unsurgical and dangerous.
The loop is then tightened until it firmly grasps the neck of the polypus (Fig.
It may here be emphasized that a polypus in itself is not a disease, but merely a symptom of disease.
Trendelenburg exposed the heart, opened the pulmonary artery, and by means of polypus forceps succeeded in withdrawing 34 centimetres of clot.
Strangest of all, a small ovarian dermoid has been removed through the rectum under the impression that it was a polypus of the bowel (Stock, Peters).
The size of the polypus and the origin of its pedicle should be determined before operating, if necessary by using a probe (Fig.
This operation is indicated for the ordinary mucouspolypus of the nose when presenting in the post-nasal space.
If the polypus be very small its pedicle may be clearly defined before operation, and the snare passed round it directly (Fig.
A pear tree is a sort of vegetable polypus of which the pear, (the emancipated individual) can give us a pear tree.
One trembles for a creature so weak; even the polypus though not less soft is less in danger.
Gelatinous as the polypus, the Medusa seems to be an embryon cast away too soon from the bosom of the common mother, torn from the solid base and the association to which the Polypus owes his safety, and launched into adventure.
Ellis, as long ago as 1750, saw a little Medusa produced from the campanular polypus, and many later observers have ascertained that she is a kind of polypus that has left the society.
For example, if a polypus be cut transversely into two or three pieces, each portion becomes a regular animal, and a new polypus will also be produced from the skin of the old one.
Somehow doth it come about, that, with change of place, they change both their habit and their manners; even as the polypus is said to change each one his colour to the semblance of the rock whereby he dwells.
His face was deeply pitted with small-pox, and the nose, large and aquiline, was disfigured by the polypus which he had inherited from his mother.
He declared that he examined the head and found the bump of music fully developed, and traces in the nose of the polypus from which Haydn suffered.
There was also John Hunter, described by Haydn as "the greatest and most celebrated chyrurgus in London," who vainly tried to persuade him to have a polypus removed from his nose.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "polypus" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
