Guinea worm, n.
parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates
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Dracunculus medinensis Guinea worm
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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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