Noun : bureaucratic elephantiasis. From Dictionary.com.
Clear evidence that Lymphatic Filariasis (LF, commonly known as elephantiasis) can be eliminated is. From Wordnik.com. [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference
A mosquito-borne parasitic disease, LF, also known as elephantiasis, affects 120 million people globally. From Wordnik.com. [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference
Many were afflicted with that dreadful complaint known as elephantiasis -- their legs being swollen to an enormous size. From Wordnik.com. [In New Granada Heroes and Patriots] Reference
The most common of these is that hideous and loathsome disease known as elephantiasis in which certain parts of the patient becomes greatly swollen and distorted. From Wordnik.com. [Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases] Reference
A little is the mosquito affair — the so-called elephantiasis — ask Ross about it. From Wordnik.com. [Vailima Letters] Reference
It's also known as "elephantiasis," because the worms can cause the lymph nodes in your legs to swell drastically, and look like elephant legs. From Wordnik.com. [X-O Manowar: Visigoths, Time-travel, and Sweet Living Armor] Reference
Also, remember that diseases such as elephantiasis and leprosy do not seem to be caught by contact. From Wordnik.com. ["The High Seat Of Abundance"] Reference
It seems to have been the fearful disease of black leprosy, a kind of elephantiasis, producing burning ulcers. From Wordnik.com. [Easton's Bible Dictionary] Reference
Undoubtedly his existence is a product of the system, a pathological product, a kind of elephantiasis of individualism. From Wordnik.com. [The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice] Reference
The plague seems to have been the leprosy, a fearful kind of elephantiasis which was long remembered as "the botch of Egypt.". From Wordnik.com. [Smith's Bible Dictionary] Reference
He believed, also, that elephantiasis was contagious. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine] Reference
A most comprehensive chapter on filariasis and elephantiasis. From Wordnik.com. [Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases] Reference
Philo the physician stoutly affirmed that the elephantiasis was. From Wordnik.com. [Essays and Miscellanies] Reference
Like the elephant man he has neurofibromatosis, not elephantiasis. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 29, 2008] Reference
Traces of elephantiasis have been discovered among his ascendants. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
Camden, Ipsa elephantiasi correpta elephantiasis hospicium construxit. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
The UK presently suffers from elephantiasis of the educational system. From Wordnik.com. [Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot] Reference
A sequel of chronic lymphangitis is a condition known as elephantiasis. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
Evidences of the presence of leprosy and elephantiasis are occasionally seen. From Wordnik.com. [Santo Domingo A Country with a Future] Reference
You would have thought the whole ship's company was sickening for elephantiasis. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
A book on elephantiasis ascribed to him is not definitely known to be authentic. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine] Reference
Leprosy occurs amongst the negroes, and elephantiasis is so frequent as to be known as. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
His legs were ponderous, elephantine, since his leg-illness was of elephantiasis, or dropsy. From Wordnik.com. [How I Found Livingstone] Reference
Lymphoedema may develop within six months and elephantiasis as quickly as a year after arrival. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
The other two infections will both lead to the well-known clinical picture called elephantiasis. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
"He has elephantiasis of the testicles" -- that was a favorite -- "his balls weigh thirty pounds each.". From Wordnik.com. [Enchantment]
A third case which seems established beyond question is the agency of mosquitoes in spreading elephantiasis. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881] Reference
Yes, but monkeys throw their droppings, you know, and what if an elephant sneezed - he could catch elephantiasis. From Wordnik.com. [Avian Flu Excites the Oversensitive] Reference
The hind legs, in elephantiasis, are affected and a unilateral involvement is more often seen than a bilateral one. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
Root decoction taken as a prophylactic against elephantiasis believed to be caused by menstruating women (Swahili). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
The elephantiasis and Guinea-worm are not uncommon, especially the former, of which I have seen many frightful cases. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in Arabia] Reference
Caused by roundworm, this class of disease includes elephantiasis, in which organs become swollen and distorted, and river blindness. From Wordnik.com. [Focus on HIV prevents us from curing a billion people, say scientists] Reference
Many of these diseases, such as river blindness and elephantiasis, do not kill outright but leave victims unable to fend for themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Focus on HIV prevents us from curing a billion people, say scientists] Reference
Leprosy and lymphatic filariasis, or elephantiasis, leave victims deformed, hamper productivity and normal social interaction, Chan said. From Wordnik.com. [1 Billion Suffer From Hidden Tropical Diseases, Says WHO] Reference
In 1948, he entered Hines VA Hospital in Maywood, IL, with the same symptoms plus a swelling resembling elephantiasis from the knees down. From Wordnik.com. [In Honor of Anthony and Mary Guarisco (A Son's Tribute to his parents' many accomplishments in life)] Reference
As a clinical author his reputation stands high, perhaps too high, his descriptions of pneumonia, empyema, diabetes, and elephantiasis having especially drawn attention. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
It has been noted that leprosy is frequently very common in regions where elephantiasis occurs, suggesting the possibility of the same carrier, the mosquito, for both diseases. From Wordnik.com. [Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases] Reference
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