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GUINEA WORM

Definition:

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, Guinea worm, dracunculiasis
   
   
2. [noun] parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates
   Synonyms: Guinea worm, Dracunculus medinensis
   
   

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