Guinea worm - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

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

Synonyms

• Dracunculus medinensis
• Guinea worm

More generic

• nematode
• nematode worm
• roundworm

Related

• Dracunculus
• genus Dracunculus

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
• Guinea worm disease
• dracunculiasis

More generic

• infestation

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