elephantiasis scroti

1. 1.

   swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction

   Synonymschyloderma

   Broaderelephantiasis

Questions about elephantiasis scroti

What does elephantiasis scroti mean?

elephantiasis scroti means "swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction".

What is another word for elephantiasis scroti?

Close synonyms include chyloderma. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is elephantiasis scroti a common word?

elephantiasis scroti is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.