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guinea worm

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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
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dracunculus medinensis

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nematode nematode worm roundworm
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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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dracunculiasis guinea worm disease

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infestation

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