dracunculiasis, n.
(dracunculiases)
(dracunculiases)
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
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Guinea worm Guinea worm disease dracunculiasis
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