Guinea Worm Definition

noun
A nematode worm (Dracunculus medinensis) of tropical Africa and S Asia, parasitic as an adult in the subcutaneous tissues of humans and other mammals: the female can reach a length of c. 90 cm (c. 3 ft)
Webster's New World
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Origin of Guinea Worm

  • After the Guinea coast of Africa

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Guinea Worm Sentence Examples

  • Many cisterns are infested with Guinea worm (filaria medinensis, Gm.).

  • Filaria medinensis - the Guinea worm - is parasitic in the subcutaneous connective tissue of man (occasionally also in the horse).

  • Playfairii, when shaken with water forms a slight but permanent lather, and on this account is used by the Somali women for cleansing their hair, and by the men to whiten their shields; it is known as meena h¢rma in Bombay, and was formerly used there for the expulsion of the guinea-worm.

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