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elephantiasis

/,ɛləfən'taɪəsɪs/

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noun
hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and scrotum); the end state of the disease filariasis
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manson Scottish physician who discovered that elephantiasis is spread by mosquitos and suggested that mosquitos also spread malaria (1844-1922)
sir patrick manson Scottish physician who discovered that elephantiasis is spread by mosquitos and suggested that mosquitos also spread malaria (1844-1922)