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NEVOID ELEPHANTIASIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does nevoid elephantiasis mean?

• NEVOID ELEPHANTIASIS (noun)
The noun NEVOID ELEPHANTIASIS has 1 sense:

1. thickening of the skin (usually unilateral on an extremity) caused by congenital enlargement of lymph vessel and lymph vessel obstruction

Familiarity information: NEVOID ELEPHANTIASIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• NEVOID ELEPHANTIASIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Thickening of the skin (usually unilateral on an extremity) caused by congenital enlargement of lymph vessel and lymph vessel obstruction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

nevoid elephantiasis; pachyderma

Hypernyms ("nevoid elephantiasis" is a kind of...):

congenital disease; genetic abnormality; genetic defect; genetic disease; genetic disorder; hereditary condition; hereditary disease; inherited disease; inherited disorder (a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically)

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

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