elephantoid
- a word derived from elephant.
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Clot-Bey removed an elephantoid tumor of the scrotum weighing 80 pounds, performing castration at the same time.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
W. R. Browne, Surgeon-General, reports from the Madras General Hospital an operation on a patient of thirty-five with elephantoid scrotum of six years' duration.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
This operation has been most successful when performed on 262 elephantoid arms dependent on a late stage of cancerous breast.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
At the end of a variable time enlargement ceases to take place, and the disease enters a quiescent state: but recrudescences occur at irregular intervals, always ushered in by elephantoid fever.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
Figure 275 represents a well-known exhibitionist who, from all appearances, is suffering from an elephantoid hypertrophy of the lower extremities, due to a lymphedema.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
