elephantiasisとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛlɪfənˈtaɪəsɪs/

名詞

elephantiasis (usually uncountable, 複数形 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.

派生語

関連する語

• elephantic

Latin

語源

From the Ancient Greek ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱσῐς (elephantíāsis).

名詞

elephantiasis f (genitive elephantiasis); third declension

1. elephantiasis (a very virulent kind of leprosy)

語形変化

Third declension i-stem.

同意語

• elephantia, elephanticus morbus, elephās

参照

• 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)