Table 5.
Overview of local dialect terms and their medical translation for symptoms of lymphatic diseases
| Local term | General term | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Gwo pye (Creol dialect) or big foot | Elephantiasis | Haiti [29] |
| Maklouklou or gwo gren | Hydrocele | Haiti [29] |
| Dicipela | Erysipela | Dominican Republic [26, 32] |
| Seca | Large boil in the groin or upper thigh | Dominican Republic [26, 32] |
| Mossy foot | Podoconiosis | Ethiopia [38] |
| Biaye or edoa | Inguinal lymphadenitis | Ghana [30] |
| Ahu par or esam | Fever with chills and rigors accompanied by swollen groin glands and legs | Ghana [30] |
| Gyepim, dubah (both in Ahanta and Nzema dialect) or large leg | Elephantiasis | Ghana [30] |
| Etow (Ahanta), wheba (Ahanta), tuekeh (Nzema) or edoma holokpoo | Hydrocele | Ghana [30] |
| Yanaikkal | Lymphoedema or elephantiasis of the lower leg | India [56] |
| Veraveekkam or veravadam | Hydrocele | India [56] |