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Definition of Nevoid elephantiasis
1. Noun. Thickening of the skin (usually unilateral on an extremity) caused by congenital enlargement of lymph vessel and lymph vessel obstruction.
Generic synonyms: Congenital Disease, Genetic Abnormality, Genetic Defect, Genetic Disease, Genetic Disorder, Hereditary Condition, Hereditary Disease, Inherited Disease, Inherited Disorder, Elephantiasis
Medical Definition of Nevoid elephantiasis
1. Thickening of skin, usually unilateral, involving a small area or the entire extremity, due to congenital enlargement of lymph vessels and lymph vessel obstruction. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nevoid Elephantiasis
Literary usage of Nevoid elephantiasis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin for the use of students and by Oliver Samuel Ormsby (1921)
"... nevoid elephantiasis) is occasionally stvi. According to Virchow, this variety
is congenital in origin, which develops later through overnutrition from ..."
2. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1901)
"... associated perhaps with rupture of thinned and dilated lymphatics into the
tunica vagin- alis, gives rise to the condition known as nevoid elephantiasis ..."
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