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Guinea worm   /gˈɪni wərm/   Listen
Guinea worm

noun
1.
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.  Synonyms: dracunculiasis, Guinea worm disease.
2.
Parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates.  Synonym: Dracunculus medinensis.






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"Guinea worm" Quotes from Famous Books



... is brought by canals, from a small stream near the town, and when the canals are dried up by the heat, there is no water, except in the tanks where it is kept. This stagnant water produces a disease called the Guinea worm. In this complaint the skin is covered with painful swellings, and when they burst, a little flat worm is discovered in each, which must be drawn out before ...
— Far Off • Favell Lee Mortimer



Words linked to "Guinea worm" :   infestation, nematode, genus Dracunculus, roundworm, nematode worm, Dracunculus



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