el·e·phan·ti·a·sis ( l  -fn-t  -s s)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. [Latin elephanti  sis, from Greek : elephs, elephant-, elephant + -isis, -iasis.] |
elephantiasis [el-lee-fan-tie-a-siss]
Noun
Pathol a skin disease, caused by parasitic worms, in which the affected parts of the body become extremely enlarged
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| Noun | 1. |  elephantiasis - hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and scrotum); the end state of the disease filariasishypertrophy - 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 |
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