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 

• PACHYDERMA (noun)

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)