Hypertext Webster Gateway: "elephantiasis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Elephantiasis \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
elephantiasis
n : hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and
scrotum); the end state of the disease filariasis
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