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Noun: Guinea worm- A painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin
- Guinea worm disease, dracunculiasis - Parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates
- Dracunculus medinensis
Type of: infestation, nematode, nematode worm, roundworm Part of: Dracunculus, genus Dracunculus Encyclopedia: Guinea worm |