GUINEA WORM
\ɡˈɪni wˈɜːm], \ɡˈɪni wˈɜːm], \ɡ_ˈɪ_n_i w_ˈɜː_m]\
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parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates
By Princeton University
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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
By William R. Warner
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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See Dracunculus and Filaria medinensis.
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See Filaria medinensis, under Filaria.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe