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Webster 1913 Edition
Elephantiasis
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Elˊe-phan-ti′a-sis
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK], from
ἐλέφας
, ἐλέφαντος
, an elephant.] (Med.)
A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant’s hide.
Webster 1828 Edition
Elephantiasis
ELEPHANTI'ASIS
,Noun.
A species of leprosy, so called from covering the skin with incrustations, like those of an elephant. It is a chronic and contagious disease, marked by a thickening and greasiness of the legs, with loss of hair and feeling, a swelling of the face, and a hoarse, nasal voice. It affects the whole body; the bones, as well as the skin, are covered with spots and tumors, at first red, but afterwards black.