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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


Synonymsdracunculiasis, 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


SynonymsDracunculus medinensis


Broader (hypernym)nematode, nematode worm, roundworm


Member meronymDracunculus, genus Dracunculus









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