elephantiasis Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and scrotum); the end state of the disease filariasis

WordNet


El`e*phan*ti"a*sis noun
Etymology
L., fr. Gr. , from , , an elephant.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide.

Webster 1913