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 (synset 114199533)
    is a type of: infestation - the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites
    same as: 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 (synset 101936629)
    is a type of: nematode, nematode worm, roundworm - unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic
    belongs to: dracunculus, genus dracunculus - type genus of the family Dracunculidae
    same as: dracunculus medinensis

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