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1. (n.) guinea worm
a long, slender roundworm, Dracunculus medinensis, parasitic under the skin of humans and other mammals, common in parts of India and Africa.
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1. (noun) Guinea worm disease, Guinea worm, 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
2. (noun) Guinea worm, Dracunculus medinensis
parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates
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