guineaworm

guineaworm
guinea worm n.
A long threadlike nematode worm (Dracunculus medinensis) of tropical Asia and Africa that is a subcutaneous parasite of humans and other mammals and causes ulcerative lesions on the legs and feet.
  [After theGuinea coast of Africa.]

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Universalium. 2010.

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