elephantiasis
1
9.9
- noun
- /ˌɛlɪfənˈtaɪəsɪs/
- Specialized
:
elefantiasis
- They were canoe men with powerful chests and arms, and quite slim legs, except for the one man who had elephantiasis, his foot and the lower part of his left leg monstrously swollen, which didn't hurt his working.
- filarial elephantiasis
- non-filarial elephantiasis
Blinding trachoma, blinding trachoma, hookworm, other soil transmitted helmets, lymphatic phylluriasis or elephantiasis.
- Blinding trachoma, blinding trachoma, hookworm, other soil transmitted helmets, lymphatic phylluriasis or elephantiasis.
Examples
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We in the north are marvelously free of many plagues found in warmer lands—leprosy, elephantiasis, and such.
Fiction book (1996) -
He was dealing with the disease of elephantiasis and he found that the phalarial worm that causes it is transmitted by mosquitoes.
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Price studied non-filarial elephantiasis in Ethiopia in the early 1970s.
Academic text (1994) -
A clear distinction is made between KS and endemic elephantiasis (podoconiosis), known as bikimbo.
Academic text (1994) -
As such, KS bears a resemblance to podoconiosis (non-filarial elephantiasis).
Academic text (1994) -
Each year, filariasis, a nematode worm infection that is usually not fatal, infects millions of people in the tropics and, in severe cases, causes elephantiasis.
Academic text (1992) -
ELEPHANTIASIS OF THE NUTS.
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The same language that would explain how gold going down Hitler's throat is a manipulation of images logically also raises questions about the legitimacy of running a Picasso up against a case of elephantiasis and saying that the Picasso and the photograph show the same thing.
Academic text (1998) -
In Ethiopia and other parts of Africa, it should be noted that TOMS is focusing on giving to youth at high risk for contracting podoconiosis (non-filarial elephantiasis occurring below the knee).
Blog text (29) -
The patient suffered from elephantiasis, which caused significant swelling in his legs.
Antonyms
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1.0
The condition of a person's body and mind, especially being free from illness or injury
Compounds
- Specialized
An unusually large, thick arm or leg caused by a nerve disease
- Specialized
The scrotum becomes very swollen because tiny tubes that carry body fluid are blocked
- Specialized
A birth condition causing one arm or leg to swell and skin to thicken when lymph vessels are blocked
How Severe
- Specialized
1
9.9
- Specialized
1
9.4
- Specialized
32
8.0
3
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Elephantiasis comes from elephant because the very large, thick body parts in this disease look like an elephant's leg, and the ending -iasis means 'disease'. So elephantiasis describes a disease that makes parts of the body swell and become elephant-like.