elephantiasis
英 [,elɪf(ə)n'taɪəsɪs]
美[,ɛlɪfən'taɪəsɪs]
- n. [内科] 象皮病
英英释义
- 1. hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and scrotum); the end state of the disease filariasis
实用场景例句
- Mosquitoes also carry lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis.
- 蚊子也会携带淋巴丝虫病, 也称为象皮病.
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中文词源
elephantiasis 象皮肿（因淋巴系统阻塞而引起的身体肿胀）
来自拉丁语elephant，象。-asis, 疾病后缀。
双语例句
- 1. Mosquitoes also carry lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis.
- 蚊子也会携带淋巴丝虫病, 也称为象皮病.
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英文词源
- elephantiasis (n.)
- 1580s, from Greek elephantos, genitive of elephas "elephant" (see elephant) + -iasis "pathological or morbid condition." It refers to two diseases, one characterized by thickening of a body part (E. Arabum), the other, older meaning is "disease characterized by skin resembling an elephant's" (E. Græcorum, also called Egyptian leprosy). In Middle English, elephancy (late 14c.).