Synonyms for guinea worm
guinea worm

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1. Guinea worm disease, Guinea worm, dracunculiasisnoun

   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:
   dracunculiasis

2. Guinea worm, Dracunculus medinensisnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   dracunculiasis

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1. • Infestation
   • Roundworm

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1. Dirk Engels:

   So for diseases like elephantiasis, Guinea worm disease, schistosomiasis, the intestinal worms and trachoma, you can regularly treat people with safe, single dose drugs and then they never actually build up a worm load that could cause them problems.

2. First Lady:

   I still get a check-up every three months or so, brain scans and things like that, but so far the results have been good, i still hope to outlive the last Guinea worm.

3. Jimmy Carter:

   I would like to see Guinea worm completely eradicated before I die, i’d like for the last Guinea worm to die before I do.