[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
[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
