English noun: Guinea worm | |||
1. | Guinea worm (state) 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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | infestation | ||
2. | Guinea worm (animal) parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates | ||
Synonyms | Dracunculus medinensis | ||
Broader (hypernym) | nematode, nematode worm, roundworm | ||
Member meronym | Dracunculus, genus Dracunculus | ||