elephantiasis
Meaning of elephantiasis
noun
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.
Information about elephantiasis
- It is a name.
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Hyphenation of elephantiasis
ele-phan-ti-a-sis
- It consists of 5 syllables and 13 chars.
- elephantiasis is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
Translation of elephantiasis
- French: éléphantiasis
- Spanish: elefantiasis
- Italian: elefantiasi
Words that rhyme with elephantiasis
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