elephantiasis (redirected from Elephantitis)

el·e·phan·ti·a·sis  (l-fn-t-ss)

n.

Chronic, often extreme enlargement and hardening of cutaneous and subcutaneous tissue, especially of the legs and external genitals, resulting from lymphatic obstruction and usually caused by infestation of the lymph glands and vessels with a filarial worm.

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[Latin elephantisis, from Greek : elephs, elephant-, elephant + -isis, -iasis.]

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elephantiasis [ˌɛlɪfənˈtaɪəsɪs]

n

(Medicine / Pathology) Pathol a complication of chronic filariasis, in which nematode worms block the lymphatic vessels, usually in the legs or scrotum, causing extreme enlargement of the affected area See also filariasis

[via Latin from Greek, from elephas elephant + -iasis]

elephantiasic  [ˌɛlɪˌfæntɪˈæsɪk -fənˈtaɪəsɪk] adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

elephantiasis - hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and scrotum); the end state of the disease filariasis hypertrophy - abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ elephantiasis neuromatosa - hypertrophy of a limb chyloderma, elephantiasis scroti - swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction nevoid elephantiasis, pachyderma - thickening of the skin (usually unilateral on an extremity) caused by congenital enlargement of lymph vessel and lymph vessel obstruction

Translations

elephantiasis [ˌelɪfənˈtaɪəsɪs] N → elefantiasis f inv

elephantiasis

n → Elefantiasis f, → Elephantiasis f