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There are two old terms: Elephantiasis graecorum (leprosy, aka Hansen's Disease) and Elephantiasis arabum (filiariasis).
Archive 2004-04-01 Ray Girvan 2004
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There are two old terms: Elephantiasis graecorum (leprosy, aka Hansen's Disease) and Elephantiasis arabum (filiariasis).
Old disease names - but mostly not Ray Girvan 2004
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Lymphedema, or elephantiasis arabum, is a condition in which, in the substance of a limb or a part, there is diffused dilatation of the lymphatics, with lymphostasis.
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The first accurate ideas in reference to elephantiasis arabum are given by Rhazes, Haly-Abas, and Avicenna, and it is possibly on this account that the disease received the name elephantiasis arabum.
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Lymphedema, or elephantiasis arabum, is a condition in which, in the substance of a limb or a part, there is diffused dilatation of the lymphatics, with lymphostasis.
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The first accurate ideas in reference to elephantiasis arabum are given by Rhazes, Haly-Abas, and Avicenna, and it is possibly on this account that the disease received the name elephantiasis arabum.
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