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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.
Definition 2024
elephantiasis
elephantiasis
See also: éléphantiasis
English
The swollen legs of someone suffering from elephantiasis.
Noun
elephantiasis (usually uncountable, plural elephantiases)
- (pathology) A complication of chronic filariasis, in which nematode worms block the lymphatic vessels, usually in the legs or scrotum, causing extreme enlargement of the infected area.
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Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱσῐς (elephantíāsis).
Noun
elephantiasis f (genitive elephantiasis); third declension
- elephantiasis (a very virulent kind of leprosy)
Declension
Third declension.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | elephantiasis |
| genitive | elephantiasis |
| dative | elephantiasī |
| accusative | elephantiasin elephantiasim |
| ablative | elephantiasi |
| vocative | elephantiasis |
Synonyms
- elephantia, elephanticus morbus, elephās
References
- ĕlĕphantĭăsis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ĕlĕphantĭăsis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 581/1.
- “elephantiasis” on page 598/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)