What is a disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide called?
elephantiasis — A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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