Definition of elephantiasis
1
: 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)
2
: an undesirable usually enormous growth, enlargement, or overdevelopment
elephantiasis of the imagination
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The first known use of elephantiasis was in 1562
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