ELEPHANTIASIS
\ˈɛlɪfˌanʃɪˌasiz], \ˈɛlɪfˌanʃɪˌasiz], \ˈɛ_l_ɪ_f_ˌa_n_ʃ_ɪ__ˌa_s_i_z]\
Definitions of ELEPHANTIASIS
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Hypertrophy and thickening of the tissues from any cause. Elephantiasis caused by filarial infection is ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
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By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
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Various affections have been described under this name, by adding an epithet. It is ordinarily and generically applied to a condition, in which the skin is thick, livid, rugous, tuberculate, and insensible to feeling.
By Robley Dunglison
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Syn.: e. arabum, pachydermia, Barbados leg, e. indica bouknemia. An hypertrophy of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, produced by local disturbance of the circulation and confined to one member or region of the body. In tropical countries this disease occurs in connection with Filaria Bancrofti, when it is due to the obstruction of the lymph channels by filaria.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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