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elephantiasis

DEFINITIONS OF: elephantiasis

1

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

Types:
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
Type of:
hypertrophy
abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ
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