DRACUNCULUS
\dɹakˈʌnkjʊləs], \dɹakˈʌnkjʊləs], \d_ɹ_a_k_ˈʌ_n_k_j_ʊ_l_ə_s]\
Definitions of DRACUNCULUS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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By Noah Webster.
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A genus of nematode parasites which inhabit the body cavity, serous membranes, and connective tissues of vertebrates. The species parasitic in man is Dracunculus medinensis.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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(F.) Dragonneau, Ver de Guinee, Ver Filaire, V. de Medine, V. cutane, Veine ou Filaire de Medine. A genus of worms, frequently met with in Indian and African climes. They are characterized by a filiform body, and are smooth and nearly of equal thickness throughout. The Guinea worm, when small, insinuates itself through the cutaneous pores, and penetrates into the areolar membrane and between the muscles; especially between those of the lower limbs, where it occasions a tumour like a boil, which subsequently suppurates, and the head of the worm appears and emerges gradually. The head must then be seized, and the worm be cautiously rolled round a small cylinder of linen or other substance. Care must be taken not to break it, as great pain and obstinate suppuration might be the consequence. Considerable obscurity rests on this subject. Some even deny that the cases of Dracunculus, on record, are really those of worms.
By Robley Dunglison
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