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Guinea worm Moderate

Guinea worm has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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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

parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates

See Also
tank worm parasitic
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
infestation nematode
Rhyming Words
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