ˈbanˌkrȯftēən-, also -aŋ.ˌk- or ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷- noun
or ban·croft's filariasis ˈ ̷ ̷ˌkrȯf(t)s-
Usage: usually capitalized B
Etymology: Joseph Bancroft died 1894 English physician + English -ian
: filariasis caused by a slender white filaria ( Wuchereria bancrofti ) that is transmitted in larval form by mosquitoes, lives in lymph vessels and lymphoid tissues periodically shedding larvae into the peripheral blood stream, and often causes elephantiasis by blocking the lymphatic drainage of a part