Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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Guinea worm | Yes | No | No | No |
Dracunculus medinensis | Yes | No | No | No |
Guinea worm (noun) | Dracunculus medinensis (noun) |
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parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates | parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates |
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 |