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| 1. | [ noun ] 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: | guinea_worm_disease dracunculiasis | |
| Related terms: | infestation | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (zoology) parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates | |
| Synonyms: | Dracunculus_medinensis | |
| Related terms: | nematode Dracunculus | |
