A syndrome that is characterized by the thickening of the skin and underlying tissues, especially in the legs and genitals.
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Examples for "elephantiasis"
Examples for "elephantiasis"
1Lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis, causes painful swelling of the limbs.
2Her ankle seemed badly swollen; she seemed even to reveal incipient elephantiasis.
3They ended at the opposite extreme, in over-democratization and political elephantiasis.
4No one seems really to know the cause of the South Sea elephantiasis.
5In August 2015, an elephantiasis case-cluster was reported in Kamwenge District, western Uganda.