Guinea worm English

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What does Guinea worm mean?

Guinea worm

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

— 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

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