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    NEVOID ELEPHANTIASIS

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Thickening of the skin (usually unilateral on an extremity) caused by congenital enlargement of lymph vessel and lymph vessel obstructionplay

    Synonyms:

    nevoid elephantiasis; pachyderma

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    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("nevoid elephantiasis" is a kind of...):

    congenital disease; genetic abnormality; genetic defect; genetic disease; genetic disorder; hereditary condition; hereditary disease; inherited disease; inherited disorder (a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically)

    elephantiasis (hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and scrotum); the end state of the disease filariasis)

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