| NOUN | state | Guinea worm, Guinea worm disease, dracunculiasis | 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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| animal | Guinea worm, Dracunculus medinensis | parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates |
| Meaning | 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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| Synonyms | Guinea worm disease, dracunculiasis | |
| Broader | infestation | The state of being invaded or overrun by parasites |
| Spanish | dracunculiasis | |
| Catalan | dracunculosi | |
| Meaning | Parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates. | |
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| Synonym | Dracunculus medinensis | |
| Member of | Dracunculus, genus Dracunculus | type genus of the family Dracunculidae |
| Broader | nematode, nematode worm, roundworm | unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends |
| Spanish | filaria de Medina | |
| Catalan | filaria de Medina | |
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