(invertebrate zoology) A sessile cnidarian individual having a hollow, somewhat cylindrical body, attached at one end, with a mouth surrounded by tentacles at the free end; may be solitary (hydra) or colonial (coral).
(medicine) A smooth, rounded or oval mass projecting from a membrane-covered surface.

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