transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌe-lə-fən-ˈtī-ə-səs, -ˌfan- ]
noun
( plural el·e·phan·ti·a·ses -ˌsēz)
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, a kind of leprosy, from Greek, from elephant-, elephas
Date: 1562
1. : enlargement and thickening of tissues ; specifically : the enormous enlargement of a limb or the scrotum caused by obstruction of lymphatics by filarial worms (especially Wuchereria bancrofti )
2. : an undesirable usually enormous growth, enlargement, or overdevelopment
elephantiasis of the imagination