elephantiasis

See also: éléphantiasis

English
The swollen legs of someone suffering from elephantiasis.

Etymology

From Latin elephantiasis or directly from Ancient Greek ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱσῐς (elephantíāsis).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌɛlɪfənˈtaɪəsɪs/

Noun

elephantiasis (usually uncountable, plural elephantiases)

  1. (pathology) A complication of chronic filariasis, in which nematode worms block the lymphatic vessels, usually in the legs or scrotum, causing extreme enlargement of the infected area.

Derived terms
  • angioelephantiasis
  • congenital elephantiasis
  • elephantiasic
  • elephantiasis chirurgica
  • elephantiasis gingivae
  • elephantiasis neuromatosa
  • elephantiasis nostras
  • elephantiasis oculi
  • elephantiasis scroti
  • elephantiasis telangiectodes
  • elephantiasis vulvae
  • filarial elephantiasis
  • gingival elephantiasis
  • lymphangiectatic elephantiasis
  • nevoid elephantiasis
  • oschelephantiasis

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱσῐς (elephantíāsis).

Noun

elephantiasis f sg (genitive elephantiasis); third declension

  1. elephantiasis (a very virulent kind of leprosy)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative elephantiasis
Genitive elephantiasis
Dative elephantiasī
Accusative elephantiasin
elephantiasim
Ablative elephantiasī
Vocative elephantiasis

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