guinea worm

Noun

• 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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Guinea worm , Dracunculus medinensis , Guinea worm disease , dracunculiasis