Guinea Worm (Noun)
Meaning 1
Parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
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Meaning 2
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.