Meanings
nounelephantiasis (usually uncountable, plural elephantiases)
plural elephantiases · alternative elephantitis · alternative elephantitus
- uncountableusuallymedicineA 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of leprosy.
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Origin
- Ancient Greekἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱσῐς
- Latinelephantiasis
- Englishelephantiasis
From Latin elephantiasis or directly from Ancient Greek ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱσῐς (elephăntĭ́āsĭs).
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bengali গোদ, শ্লীপদ
- গোদ (gōd)disease
- শ্লীপদ (slipod)disease
Bulgarian слонска болест
- слонска болест (slonska bolest)disease
Chinese Mandarin 象皮病
- 象皮病 (xiàngpíbìng)disease
Danish elefantiasis, elefantsyge
- elefantiasisdisease
- elefantsygedisease
Finnish elefanttitauti, elefantiaasi
- elefanttitautidisease
- elefantiaasidisease
French éléphantiasis
- éléphantiasisdisease
German Elefantenkrankheit
- Elefantenkrankheitdisease
Greek ελεφαντίαση, ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱ
- ελεφαντίαση (elefantíasi)disease
- ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱ (elephăntĭ́ā)disease
- ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱσῐς (elephăntĭ́āsĭs)disease
Hindi फ़ीलपाँव, हाथीपाँव
- फ़ीलपाँव (fīlpā̃v)disease
- हाथीपाँव (hāthīpā̃v)disease
- श्लीपद (ślīpad)disease
- फीलपाया (phīlpāyā)disease
- फीलपा (phīlpā)disease
Icelandic fílildi
- fílildidisease
Indonesian penyakit kaki gajah, kaki gajah
- penyakit kaki gajahdisease
- kaki gajahdisease
Italian elefantiasi
- elefantiasidisease
Japanese 象皮病, 象皮症
- 象皮病 (zōhibyō)disease
- 象皮症 (zōhishō)disease
Latin elephantiasis, elephās
- elephantiasisdisease
- elephāsdisease
- elephantiadisease
- elephanticus morbusdisease
Polish słoniowacizna
- słoniowaciznadisease
Portuguese elefantíase
- elefantíasedisease
Russian элефантиазис
- элефантиазис (elefantiazis)disease
Spanish elefantiasis
- elefantiasisdisease
Swahili matende
- matendedisease
Tamil யானைக்கால் நோய்
- யானைக்கால் நோய் (yāṉaikkāl nōy)disease
Turkish fil hastalığı
- fil hastalığıdisease
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APA
elephantiasis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elephantiasis
MLA
“elephantiasis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elephantiasis. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “elephantiasis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elephantiasis.
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