English-Thai Dictionary
elephantiasis
N การ เติบโต อย่าง มากเกินไป การพัฒนา อย่าง ผิดปกติ kan-toeb-to-yang-mak-koen-pai
elephantiasis
N โรค เท้าช้าง rok-tao-chang
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ELEPHANTIASIS
n.[L. and Gr. from elephant. ] 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.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ELEPHANTIASIS
El `e *phan *ti "a *sis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Med. )
Defn: A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide.
New American Oxford Dictionary
elephantiasis
el e phan ti a sis |ˌeləfənˈtīəsis ˌɛləfənˈtaɪəsəs | ▶noun Medicine a condition in which a limb or other part of the body becomes grossly enlarged due to obstruction of the lymphatic vessels, typically by the nematode parasites that cause filariasis. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek, from elephas, elephant- ‘elephant ’ + -iasis .
Oxford Dictionary
elephantiasis
elephantiasis |ˌɛlɪf (ə )nˈtʌɪəsɪs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Medicine a condition in which a limb or other part of the body becomes grossly enlarged due to obstruction of the lymphatic vessels, typically by the nematode parasites which cause filariasis. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek, from elephas, elephant- ‘elephant ’ + -iasis .
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