guinea worm meaning and definition

GUINEA WORM noun

Definition of Guinea worm (noun)

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