DRACUNCULIASIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dracunculiasis mean? 

• DRACUNCULIASIS (noun)
  The noun DRACUNCULIASIS has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: DRACUNCULIASIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRACUNCULIASIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

dracunculiasis; Guinea worm; Guinea worm disease

Hypernyms ("dracunculiasis" is a kind of...):

infestation (the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites)