"Elephantiasis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				Hypertrophy and thickening of tissues from causes other than filarial infection, the latter being described as ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D004604 | 
					
						| MeSH Number(s) | C15.604.496.320 | 
					
						| Concept/Terms | Elephantiasis Nostras VerrucosaElephantiasis Nostras VerrucosaElephantiasis Nostras VerrucosasNostras Verrucosa, ElephantiasisNostras Verrucosas, ElephantiasisVerrucosa, Elephantiasis NostrasVerrucosas, Elephantiasis Nostras
 PodoconiosisPodoconiosisPodoconiosesMicrocrystal DiseaseDisease, MicrocrystalDiseases, MicrocrystalMicrocrystal DiseasesMossy footMossy footsfoot, Mossyfoots, MossyLymphostatic VerrucosisLymphostatic VerrucosesVerrucoses, LymphostaticVerrucosis, Lymphostatic
 Endemic ElephantiasisEndemic ElephantiasisElephantiases, EndemicElephantiasis, EndemicEndemic Elephantiases
 Endemic Non-Filarial ElephantiasisEndemic Non-Filarial ElephantiasisElephantiases, Endemic Non-FilarialElephantiasis, Endemic Non-FilarialEndemic Non Filarial ElephantiasisEndemic Non-Filarial ElephantiasesNon-Filarial Elephantiases, EndemicNon-Filarial Elephantiasis, Endemic
 Bigfoot DiseaseBigfoot DiseaseBigfoot DiseasesDisease, BigfootDiseases, Bigfoot
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
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								Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa. Cutis. 1998 Aug; 62(2):77-80.