"dracunculiasis" in the noun sense
1. Guinea worm disease, Guinea worm, dracunculiasis
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
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