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別の表記

• elephantitis (proscribed)
• elephantitus (proscribed)

語源

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

発音

• IPA: /ˌɛlɪfənˈtaɪəsɪs/

名詞

elephantiasis (usually uncountable, plural 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.
2. (pathology, obsolete) Synonym of leprosy.

派生語

関連する語

• elephantic

名詞

elephantiasis f sg (genitive elephantiasis); third declension

1. elephantiasis (a very virulent kind of leprosy)

語形変化

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

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)