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Meanings of elephantiasis in English
A syndrome that is characterized by the thickening of the skin and underlying tissues, especially in the legs and genitals.
Usage of elephantiasis in English
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.
6
Evidences of the presence of leprosy and elephantiasis are occasionally seen.
7
The old man is smitten with the elephantiasis, or black leprosy.
8
His legs were ponderous, elephantine, since his leg-illness was of elephantiasis, or dropsy.
9
Goodman successfully removed an elephantiasis of the scrotum from a native Fiji of forty-five.
10
The man who warned us was afflicted horribly with elephantiasis.
11
Willier, also quoted by Alard, describes a remarkable case of elephantiasis of the face.
12
Eczema, roseola, elephantiasis, presented a long array of doleful victims.
13
Explain: ranking officer, waives, cerebral elephantiasis, dictator, deadly nightshade, data, disparage, curmudgeon, chute, superseded.
14
Kiribati has eliminated lymphatic filariasis, otherwise known as elephantiasis, after a 19-year-long public health campaign.
15
The mosquito born illness which can develop into elephantiasis is endemic to 16 Pacific countries.
16
In conclusion, this reported elephantiasis is podoconiosis associated with prolonged foot exposure to volcanic soil.
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