guinea worm
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1. parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | nematode, nematode worm, roundworm, |
| definition | : | unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | dracunculus, genus dracunculus, |
| definition | : | type genus of the family Dracunculidae (noun.animal) |
2. 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 (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | infestation, |
| definition | : | the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites (noun.state) |
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