elephantiasis

名词 elephantiasis:

1. hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and scrotum); the end state of the disease filariasis

el.e.phan.ti.a.sis

n.（名词）
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.
象皮病：一种慢性的，通常是皮肤或皮下组织， 尤其是大腿和外生殖器的皮肤或皮下组织极度胀大和变得坚硬的疾病，病因是由于淋巴腺受阻碍，通常由于血丝虫钻入淋巴腺和器官引起

来源：
Latin
拉丁语
from Greek
源自 希腊语
elephas elephant- [elephant]
elephas elephant- [象]
-iasis [-iasis]
-iasis [后缀，表.病症.]