Guinea worm

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