Dictionary  el•e•phan•ti•a•sisPronunciation: (el"u-fun-tī'u-sis, -fan-), [key] —n. 1. Pathol.a chronic filarial disease resulting in lymphatic obstruction, characterized by marked enlargement of the parts affected, esp. of the legs and scrotum, transmitted by mosquitoes. 2. untoward growth or development: bureaucratic elephantiasis. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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