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noun - hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and scrotum)
Chronic, often extreme enlargement and hardening of cutaneous and subcutaneous tissue, especially of the legs and external genitals, resulting from lymphatic obstruction and usually caused by infestation of the lymph glands and vessels with a filarial worm.
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| A hugely unpleasant expansion in jumbos? |
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| Sep 28 2002 The Times - Cryptic |
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| Chronic, often extreme enlargement and hardening of cutaneous and subcutaneous tissue, especially of the legs and external genitals, resulting from lymphatic obstruction and usually caused by infestation of the lymph glands and vessels with a filarial worm. |
| 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. |
| hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and scrotum) the end state of the disease filariasis |
| 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. |
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Elephantiasis is the enlargement and hardening of limbs or body parts due to tissue swelling. It is characterised by oedema, hypertrophy, and fibrosis of skin and subcutaneous tissues, due to obstruction of lymphatic vessels. It may affect the genitalia. The term elephantiasis is often used in reference to (symptoms caused by) parasitic worm infections, but may refer to variety of diseases where parts of a person's body swell to massive proportions.Some conditions that present with elephantiasis include:* Elephantiasis nostras, due to longstanding chronic lymphangitis * Elephantiasis tropica or lymphatic filariasis, caused by a number of parasitic worms, particularly Wuchereria bancrofti. More than 120 million people, mostly in Africa and Southeast Asia, are affected. * Nonfilarial elephantiasis or podoconiosis, an immune disease affecting the lymph vessels * Leishmaniasis * Elephantiasis, Grade 3 lymphedema which may occur in people with breast cancer * Genital elephantiasis, end result of lymphogranuloma venereum * Proteus syndrome, a genetic disorder. A notable sufferer of Proteus syndrome was the so-called Elephant Man.Other causes may include: * * Repeated streptococcal infection * Lymphadenectomy * Hereditary birth defects * Pretibial myxedema |