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Dracunculiasis Moderate

Dracunculiasis has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

an infection caused by an infestation of the parasite Dracunculus medinensis

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
infestation
Rhyming Words
sis asis ssis osis csis psis isis apsis iasis mysis oasis arsis ensis assis basis lysis tasis sepsis miosis deesis
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