Definition of Guinea worm. Meaning of Guinea worm. Synonyms of Guinea worm

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Definition of Guinea worm

Guinea worm
Guinea plum (Bot.), the fruit of Parinarium excelsum, a large West African tree of the order Chrysobalane[ae], having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum, which is also called gray plum and rough-skin plum. Guinea worm (Zo["o]l.), a long and slender African nematoid worm (Filaria Medinensis) of a white color. It lives in the cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces painful sores.

Meaning of Guinea worm from wikipedia

- Dracunculiasis, also called Guinea-worm disease, is a parasitic infection by the Guinea worm, Dracunculus medinensis. A person becomes infected by drinking...
- Dracunculiasis, or Guinea worm disease, is an infection by the Guinea worm that causes severe pain and open wounds when guinea worms exit the body through...
- Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm, dragon worm, fiery serpent) is a nematode that causes dracunculiasis, also known as guinea worm disease. The disease...
- targeting the human diseases poliomyelitis (polio), yaws, dracunculiasis (Guinea worm), and malaria. Five more infectious diseases have been identified as...
- is dracunculiasis. This disease is caused by the Guinea worm and is characterized by the female worm emerging from the leg. This symptom is so specific...
- Guinea worm, for example, gets under the skin of the feet and legs of people living in tropical countries. Annelida, consists of the segmented worms,...
- family Dracunculidae. The worms can reach a metre in length. If one simply pulls off the protruding head of the worm, the worm will break and leak high...
- a genus of rodents Guinea snout-burrower, a species of frog Guinea worm, parasitic worm native to parts of Africa Guineafowl, four genera of chicken-like...
- Trichostrongyliasis (Trichostrongylus spp. infection) Dracunculiasis (guinea worm infection) Baylisascaris (raccoon roundworm, may be transmitted to pets...
- Freshwater copepods of the Cyclops genus are the intermediate host of the Guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis), the nematode that causes dracunculiasis disease...