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elephantiasis
noun(el-e-phan-ti-a-sis)
enlargement and thickening of tissues (as from chronic lymphedema); specifically : the enormous enlargement of a limb or the scrotum caused by obstruction of lymphatic vessels by filarial worms (especially Wuchereria bancrofti)
elephantiasis
noun(el-e-phan-ti-a-sis)
an undesirable usually enormous growth, enlargement, or overdevelopment

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