elephant man's disease

noun

neurofibromatosis.

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Origin of elephant man's disease

from the name given to Englishman John Merrick (1862 or 63–90), who suffered from an extreme form of the disorder and was exhibited as a freak

Words nearby elephant man's disease

elephant ear, elephant fish, elephant folio, elephant grass, elephant gun, elephant man's disease, elephant seal, elephant shrew, elephant's-ear, elephant's-foot, elephant's-trunk snake
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