elephan ta

[From the island of that name.] For def. see extract. "The termination of the rainy season on this side India is usually proclaimed by a tremendous burst of thunder and lightning, termed the Elephant a , and caused by the commencement of the Madras monsoon. For some days previous to this final crash the atmosphere is charged with electricity, and the heavy thunder-clouds, which apparently form directly over the island of Elephant a, roll onward to expend themselves in one terrific storm, which bears its name."- Life in Bombay (London, 1852), P. 194. ěl-ě-phăn-ti-ac, a. [Eng. elephant i (as is); -ac.] Med.: Pertaining to or of the nature of elephan tiasis; suffering from elephantiasis.