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Guinea worm
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As a noun, Guinea worm means 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.
Meanings of Guinea worm
2 meaningsnoun
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
Similar: Guinea worm disease, dracunculiasisParasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebratesanimal
Similar: Dracunculus medinensis
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