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