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PACHYDERMA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pachyderma mean?
• PACHYDERMA (noun)
The noun PACHYDERMA has 1 sense:
1. thickening of the skin (usually unilateral on an extremity) caused by congenital enlargement of lymph vessel and lymph vessel obstruction
Familiarity information: PACHYDERMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thickening of the skin (usually unilateral on an extremity) caused by congenital enlargement of lymph vessel and lymph vessel obstruction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
nevoid elephantiasis; pachyderma
Hypernyms ("pachyderma" is a kind of...):
congenital disease; genetic abnormality; genetic defect; genetic disease; genetic disorder; hereditary condition; hereditary disease; inherited disease; inherited disorder (a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically)
elephantiasis (hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and scrotum); the end state of the disease filariasis)
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