A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide.
A lymphedema caused by the infection and blockage of lymphatic vessels by mosquito-borne parasites.
Condition caused by inflammation and obstruction of the lymphatic system, resulting in hypertrophy and thickening of the surrounding tissues usually involving the extremities and external genitalia (often as a result of filariasis).
hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and scrotum); the end state of the disease filariasis
A chronic, often extreme enlargement and hardening of cutaneous and subcutaneous tissue, especially of the legs, resulting from lymphatic obstruction.
Gross enlargement of the body, especially the limbs, due to lymphatic obstruction by a nematode parasite transmitted by mosquitoes; a form of leprosy.
Elephantiasis (Greek ελεφαντίασις, from ελÎφαντας, "the elephant") is a disease that is characterized by the thickening of the skin and underlying tissues, especially in the legs and genitals. Elephantiasis generally results from obstructions of the lymphatic vessels. It is most commonly caused by a parasitic disease known as lymphatic filariasis.