hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and scrotum); the end state of the disease filariasis
中英词源
elephantiasis 象皮肿（因淋巴系统阻塞而引起的身体肿胀）www.WenTIYI.COM
来自拉丁语elephant，象。-asis, 疾病后缀。
elephantiasis (n.)
1580s, from Greek elephantos, genitive of elephas "elephant" (see elephant) + -iasis "pathological or morbid condition." It refers to two diseases, one characterized by thickening of a body part (E. Arabum), the other, older meaning is "disease characterized by skin resembling an elephant"s" (E. Græcorum, also called Egyptian leprosy). In Middle English, elephancy (late 14c.).
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权威造句
1. Mosquitoes also carry lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis.
