פּוֹלִיפּוּס, (πολύπους) polypus, a morbid growth in the nose. Keth. VII, 7 ואלו שכופין … ובעל פ׳ וכ׳ the following persons are forced to divorce their wives: one stricken with a skin disease, with a polypus &c.; expl. ib. 77ᵃ ריח החוטם whose nose is ill-smelling; ריח הפה whose mouth is &c.; Tosef. ib. VII, 11. Sabb. 109ᵃ יד מעלה פ׳ an unwashed hand (touching the nose) generates a polypus. Midr. Till. to Ps. VII, 10 רשע והוא חוטא … וחוטמה מעלה פ׳ a violent man and sinner (against God) is like an ungainly woman who has a polypus besides; a. e.—Pl. פוּלְפְּסִין (sub. בעלי) afflicted with polypus. Y. Ḥag. I, 76ᵃ bot.