elephantiasis

/el-uh-fuhn-tahy-uh-sis, -fan-/US // ˌɛl ə fənˈtaɪ ə sɪs, -fæn- //UK // (ˌɛlɪfənˈtaɪəsɪs) //

象皮病,象皮症,象形病,象牙病

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : Pathology. a chronic filarial disease resulting in lymphatic obstruction, characterized by marked enlargement of the parts affected, especially of the legs and scrotum, transmitted by mosquitoes.
- : untoward growth or development: bureaucratic elephantiasis.

Undoubtedly his existence is a product of the system, a pathological product, a kind of elephantiasis of individualism.
Unfortunately, he was afflicted with elephantiasis, and his appearance did not at all tend to whet the edge of our appetites.
What really bothers us a little is the mosquito affair—the so-called elephantiasis—ask Ross about it.
What are the diagnostic characters of beginning elephantiasis?
But you and I, Gentlemen, let us thank God we are not officially barked about with such a leprous elephantiasis as that.