單詞
elephantiasis
英 [,el?f(?)n'ta??s?s]
美[,?l?f?n'ta??s?s]
基本信息
- n. [內科] 象皮病
中文詞源
elephantiasis 象皮腫（因淋巴系統(tǒng)阻塞而引起的身體腫脹）
來自拉丁語elephant，象。-asis, 疾病后綴。
英文詞源
- 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. Gr?corum, also called Egyptian leprosy). In Middle English, elephancy (late 14c.).
雙語例句
- 1. Mosquitoes also carry lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis.
- 蚊子也會攜帶淋巴絲蟲病, 也稱為象皮病.
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