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nevoid elephantiasis

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nevoid elephantiasis

noun
thickening of the skin (usually unilateral on an extremity) caused by congenital enlargement of lymph vessel and lymph vessel obstruction 
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nevoid elephantiasis n.
The congenital enlargement and obstruction of lymph vessels causing a thickening of skin on all or a part of an extremity on one side of the body.

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