elefantiasi-elephantiasis: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is elefantiasi?elefantiasi is elephantiasis

What is elephantiasis?

  • (MED). Ispessimento patologico del tessuto sottocutaneo, spec. degli arti inferiori che assumono forma cilindrica e aspetto massiccio, come negli elefanti.
    (MED). Pathological thickening of the subcutaneous tissue, spec. of the lower limbs that take on a cylindrical shape and massive appearance, as in elephants.
  • fig. Macchinosa esorbitanza: l’e. burocratica dei ministeri.
    Fig. Cumbersome exorbitance: the e. bureaucratic ministries.