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单词 elephantiasis
释义 elephantiasis
 /el'euh feuhn tuy"euh sis, -fan-/,  n.  
  1.  Pathol.   a chronic filarial disease resulting in lymphatic obstruction, characterized by marked enlargement of the parts affected, esp. of the legs and scrotum, transmitted by mosquitoes.
  2. untoward growth or development: bureaucratic elephantiasis.
 [1575-85; < L < Gk elephantíasis, equiv. to elephant- ELEPHANT + -iasis -IASIS]
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