Guinea worm Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun 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
dracunculiasis; Guinea worm disease.
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noun parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates
Dracunculus medinensis.
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(Zoöl.) , a long and slender African nematoid worm (Filaria Medinensis ) of a white color. It lives in the cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces painful sores.
