Types of Elephantiasis. Elephantiasis is a consequence of swelling due to lymph accumulation (lymphedema). Since most cases are due to lymphatic filariasis, it is important to have an understanding of this disease, how it is contracted and the mechanism of the disease process which eventually leads to elephantiasis.
1. verb. If you relent, you allow someone to do something that you had previously refused to allow them to do. Finally his mother relented and gave permission for her youngest son to marry. 2. verb. If bad weather relents, it improves.
What Is Indolent? The word indolent has two related meanings: In one sense, indolent means lazy, lethargic, or idle, being averse to activity or movement. When applied to a medical situation, indolent can mean a problem that causes no pain, or is slow-growing and not immediately problematic.