member of the class Nematoda (phylum Aschelminthes). The guinea worm, a common parasite of man in tropical regions of Asia and Africa, has also been ...
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Guinea-worm (Filaria Medinensis) is a parasitic worm of the order Nematoda. It is white and about the thickness of string and varies in length from 15 centimetres to one meter and it is found in the intertropical regions of the Old World. It is frequently found in the tissue of the human body below the skin, and produces a painful ulcer, out of whi...
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[
n] - parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives beneath the skin of man and other vertebrates
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Dracunculus medinensis noun parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates
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Parasitic, microscopic nematode worm found in India and Africa, affecting some 650,000 people in Nigeria alone. It enters the body via drinking water and migrates to break out through the skin. (Species
Dracunculus medinensis.)
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a long, slender, roundworm, Dracunculus medinensis, parasitic under the skin of humans and animals, common in parts of India and Africa.
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