guinea worm

名词 guinea worm:

1. 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
   同义词：Guinea worm disease, dracunculiasis
2. parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates
   同义词：Dracunculus medinensis