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Definition of elephantiasis in English Turkish dictionary
- elephantiasis gingivae
- (Diş Hekimliği) dişetinde karakteristik fibrosis olan, ender görülen ırsi hipertrofik gingiva
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Definition of elephantiasis in English English dictionary
- 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
- {i} abnormal enlargement of parts of the body (disease)
- A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide
- hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and scrotum); the end state of the disease filariasis
- elephansy
- elephantiasis neuromatosa
- hypertrophy of a limb
- elephantiasis scroti
- swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction
- nevoid elephantiasis
- thickening of the skin (usually unilateral on an extremity) caused by congenital enlargement of lymph vessel and lymph vessel obstruction
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elephantiasis
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el·e·phan·ti·a·sisPronunciation
Etymology
() From Latin elephas, elephantis + -iasis.Resimler
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