Dracunculus Medinensis (Noun)
Meaning
Parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The disease caused by Dracunculus medinensis is known as dracunculiasis, a parasitic infection found primarily in rural areas of Africa and India.
- Dracunculus medinensis is transmitted to humans when they drink water containing zooplankton that have previously ingested the larvae.
- The female Dracunculus medinensis worm typically resides in the abdominal cavity of its host, before moving to the skin.
- After a year of maturation within the host's body, the infected individual will begin to feel the symptoms caused by the Dracunculus medinensis parasite.
- Dracunculus medinensis causes a blister on the host's skin, which later breaks, causing the worm to emerge through a painful open wound.