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Elephantiasis

Elephantiasis Meaning & Definition
Elephantiasis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Elephantiasis?

[n] hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and scrotum); the end state of the disease filariasis

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See Also | chyloderma | elephantiasis neuromatosa | elephantiasis scroti | hypertrophy | nevoid elephantiasis | pachyderma

Elephantiasis In Webster's Dictionary

\El`e*phan*ti"a*sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, from ?, ?, an elephant.] (Med.) A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide.

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