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NEVOID ELEPHANTIASIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thickening of the skin (usually unilateral on an extremity) caused by congenital enlargement of lymph vessel and lymph vessel obstruction
Synonyms:
nevoid elephantiasis; pachyderma
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("nevoid elephantiasis" is a kind of...):
congenital disease; genetic abnormality; genetic defect; genetic disease; genetic disorder; hereditary condition; hereditary disease; inherited disease; inherited disorder (a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically)
elephantiasis (hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and scrotum); the end state of the disease filariasis)
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