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Meanings of elephantiasis in anglès
A syndrome that is characterized by the thickening of the skin and underlying tissues, especially in the legs and genitals.
Usage of elephantiasis in anglès
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Lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis, causes painful swelling of the limbs.
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Her ankle seemed badly swollen; she seemed even to reveal incipient elephantiasis.
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They ended at the opposite extreme, in over-democratization and political elephantiasis.
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No one seems really to know the cause of the South Sea elephantiasis.
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In August 2015, an elephantiasis case-cluster was reported in Kamwenge District, western Uganda.
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Evidences of the presence of leprosy and elephantiasis are occasionally seen.
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The old man is smitten with the elephantiasis, or black leprosy.
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His legs were ponderous, elephantine, since his leg-illness was of elephantiasis, or dropsy.
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Goodman successfully removed an elephantiasis of the scrotum from a native Fiji of forty-five.
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The man who warned us was afflicted horribly with elephantiasis.
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Willier, also quoted by Alard, describes a remarkable case of elephantiasis of the face.
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Eczema, roseola, elephantiasis, presented a long array of doleful victims.
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Explain: ranking officer, waives, cerebral elephantiasis, dictator, deadly nightshade, data, disparage, curmudgeon, chute, superseded.
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Kiribati has eliminated lymphatic filariasis, otherwise known as elephantiasis, after a 19-year-long public health campaign.
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The mosquito born illness which can develop into elephantiasis is endemic to 16 Pacific countries.
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In conclusion, this reported elephantiasis is podoconiosis associated with prolonged foot exposure to volcanic soil.
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