elephantiasis
(noun) hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and scrotum); the end state of the disease filariasis
Source: WordNet® 3.1
elephantiasis (usually uncountable, plural elephantiases)
(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.
Source: Wiktionary
El`e*phan*ti"a*sis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Definition: A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 November 2024
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
