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
How To Use Guinea worm disease In A Sentence
- The number of cases of Guinea worm disease, or dracunculiasis, in Africa had declined by 98,5 percent from 1989 to 2002, he told delegates. ANC Daily News Briefing
- Guinea worm disease, also known as dracunculiasis, is one such disease. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
- The World Health Organisation said Guinea worm disease, or dracunculiasis, now only affects around 25,000 people in nine countries. Bye bye Guinea worm | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.
