pachyderma

What does pachyderma mean?

pachyderma means "thickening of the skin (usually unilateral on an extremity) caused by congenital enlargement of lymph vessel and lymph vessel obstruction".

How many syllables are in pachyderma?

pachyderma has 4 syllables and divides as pa-chy-der-ma under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for pachyderma?

Close synonyms include nevoid elephantiasis. 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 pachyderma a common word?

pachyderma 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for pachyderma come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.