elephantiasis的词源

英文词源

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. Græcorum, also called Egyptian leprosy). In Middle English, elephancy (late 14c.).

中文词源

elephantiasis：象皮肿（因淋巴系统阻塞而引起的身体肿胀）

来自拉丁语elephant，象。-asis, 疾病后缀。

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