elephantiasis

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: el=e=phan=ti=a=sis

CIDE DICTIONARY

elephantiasis, n. [L., fr. Gr. , from 'ele`fas, 'ele`fantos, an elephant.].

 A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

elephantiasis, n. gross enlargement of the body, esp. the limbs, due to lymphatic obstruction esp. by a nematode parasite.

Etymology

L f. Gk (as ELEPHANT)