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.
Medical Definition of Purulent. Purulent: Pertaining to pus. Containing or composed of pus. The term purulent is often used in regard to drainage. For example, gonorrhea in men usually causes a purulent discharge from the penis.