elephantiasis

See also: éléphantiasis

English

The swollen legs of someone suffering from elephantiasis.

Alternative forms

• elephantitis (proscribed)
• elephantitus (proscribed)

Etymology

From Latin elephantiasis or directly from Ancient Greek ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱσῐς (elephantíāsis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛlɪfənˈtaɪəsɪs/

Noun

elephantiasis (usually uncountable, plural elephantiases)

1. (pathology) 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.
2. (pathology, obsolete) Synonym of leprosy.

Derived terms

• angioelephantiasis
• Arabian elephantiasis
• congenital elephantiasis
• elephantiasic
• elephantiasis Arabum
• elephantiasis chirurgica
• elephantiasis gingivae
• elephantiasis neuromatosa
• elephantiasis nostras
• elephantiasis oculi
• elephantiasis scroti
• elephantiasis telangiectodes
• elephantiasis vulvae
• filarial elephantiasis
• gingival elephantiasis
• Greek elephantiasis
• lymphangiectatic elephantiasis
• nevoid elephantiasis
• oschelephantiasis

 

Related terms

• elephantic

Translations

disease

• Assamese: কলগছীয়া (kologosia), গোধ (güdh), শ্লীপদ (slipod)
• Bengali: গোদ (bn) (gōd), শ্লীপদ (bn) (slipod)
• Bulgarian: слонска болест f (slonska bolest)
• Finnish: elefanttitauti, elefantiaasi
• French: éléphantiasis (fr)
• German: Elefantenkrankheit f
• Greek: ελεφαντίαση (el) f (elefantíasi)

  Ancient: ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱ f (elephantíā) (Byzantine), ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱσῐς f (elephantíāsis)

• Gujarati: હાથીપગું (hāthīpgũ), શ્લીપદ (ślīpad)
• Hindi: फ़ीलपाँव (fīlpā̃v), हाथीपाँव (hi) (hāthīpā̃v), श्लीपद (ślīpad), फीलपाया (hi) m (phīlpāyā), फीलपा (hi) m (phīlpā)
• Icelandic: fílildi n
• Ido: elefantiazo (io)
• Indonesian: penyakit kaki gajah (id), kaki gajah (id)
• Italian: elefantiasi (it) f
• Latin: elephantiasis f, elephās (la) m, elephantia f, elephanticus morbus m
• Nepali: हात्तीपाइले (hāttīpāile)
• Odia: ଗୋଦର (or) (godôrô)
• Polish: słoniowacizna (pl) f
• Portuguese: elefantíase (pt) f
• Russian: элефантиазис (ru) (elefantiazis)
• Sanskrit: श्लीपद (sa) (ślīpada)
• Spanish: elefantiasis (es) f
• Swahili: matende
• Tamil: யானைக்கால் நோய் (yāṉaikkāl nōy)
• Turkish: fil hastalığı

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱσῐς (elephantíāsis).

Noun

elephantiasis f sg (genitive elephantiasis); third declension

1. elephantiasis (a very virulent kind of leprosy)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	elephantiasis
Genitive	elephantiasis
Dative	elephantiasī
Accusative	elephantiasin elephantiasim
Ablative	elephantiasī
Vocative	elephantiasis

Synonyms

• elephantia, elephanticus morbus, elephās

References

• “elephantiasis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ĕlĕphantĭăsis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 581/1.
• “elephantiasis” on page 598/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)