What is the difference between elephantiasis and elephant?

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Elephant is a related term of elephantiasis.

As nouns the difference between elephantiasis and elephant

is that elephantiasis is 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 while elephant is a mammal of the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw.

elephantiasis

English

(wikipedia elephantiasis)

Noun

(-)

(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.

Derived terms

* angioelephantiasis * congenital elephantiasis * elephantiasic * elephantiasis chirurgica * elephantiasis gingivae * elephantiasis neuromatosa * elephantiasis nostras * elephantiasis oculi * elephantiasis scroti * elephantiasis telangiectodes * elephantiasis vulvae * filarial elephantiasis * gingival elephantiasis * lymphangiectatic elephantiasis * nevoid elephantiasis * oschelephantiasis

elephant

English

Noun

(en noun)

A mammal of the order Proboscidea , having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw.

(figuratively) Anything huge and ponderous.

(paper, printing) A printing-paper size measuring 30 inches x 22 inches.

(British, childish) used when counting to add length, so that each count takes about one second.

Let's play hide and seek. I'll count. One elephant''', two '''elephant''', three '''elephant ...

(obsolete) ivory

(Dryden)

Synonyms

* (animal) Elephas maximus'', ''Loxodonta africana * (counting term) see

Hyponyms

* (animal) African bush elephant, African forest elephant, Indian elephant, African elephant

Derived terms

* African bush elephant * African elephant * African forest elephant * Asian elephant * Asiatic elephant * Borneo elephant, Borneo pygmy elephant * double elephant, double elephant paper * dwarf elephant * elephant apple * elephant bed * elephant beetle * elephant bird, elephantbird * elephant chess * elephant-color, elephant-colour * elephant cord * elephant creeper * elephant ear, elephant ears * elephant fish * elephant flipping * elephant folio * Elephant Gambit * elephant garlic * elephant grass * elephant-gravel * elephant-gray, elephant-grey * elephant gun * * elephant hawk moth * elephanticide * elephantide * elephant in Cairo * elephant in the corner, elephant in the kitchen, elephant in the living room, elephant in the room * (Elephant Island) * elephantitis * elephant joke * elephant juice * elephant leg * (Elephant Man) * elephant man's disease * elephant man's syndrome * elephant on the dinner table * elephant paper * elephant-path * elephant pearl * elephant polo * elephant-rain * elephantry * elephant's breath * elephant seal * elephant's ear, elephant's ears * elephant's foot * elephant's foot umbrella stand * elephant's-grass * elephants' graveyard * elephantship * elephant shrew * elephant's teeth * elephant's trunk, elephant trunk * Elephant's Trunk Nebula * elephant's trunk plant * elephant's trunk snake * elephant's tusk * elephant's-tusks * elephant's-vine * elephant test * elephant trank * elephant tranquilizer, elephant tranquilliser, elephant tranquillizer * Elephant Trap * elephant tree * elephant-trumpet * elephant-trunk fish * Elephant Trunk nebula * elephant-tusk * elephant yam * * forest elephant * get a look at the elephant * imperial elephant * Indian elephant * Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant * Order of the Elephant * pad elephant * pink elephant * pink elephants * pseudelephant * pygmy elephant * retail elephant * rogue elephant * savanna elephant, savannah elephant * sea elephant * see the elephant * show the elephant * Sri Lankan elephant * straight-tusked elephant * Sumatran elephant * temple elephant * war elephant * water elephant * white elephant

External links

* (wikipedia) * 1000 English basic words ----