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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