Definition of Guinea worm disease

1. Noun. 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.

Exact synonyms: Dracunculiasis, Guinea Worm
Generic synonyms: Infestation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Guinea Worm Disease

Guildford
Guilin
Guillain-Barre reflex
Guillain-Barre syndrome
Guillain-Barré syndrome
Guillaume Apollinaire
Guine-Bissau
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau monetary unit
Guinea-Bissau peso
Guinea corn
Guinea grains
Guinea pepper
Guinea worm
Guinea worm disease (current term)
Guinean
Guinean franc
Guinean monetary unit
Guineans
Guinevere
Guinness
Guinnesses
Guiseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi
Guiseppe Guarneri
Guiyang
Guizhou
Gujarat
Gujarati
Gujarati numeral

Literary usage of Guinea worm disease

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Tropical Medicine: With Special Reference to the West Indies, Central by Thomas Wright Jackson (1907)
"Guinea worm disease is a condition of human infection with the guinea worm, ... Guinea worm disease occurs in Arabia, Persia, Hindustan, and Africa, ..."

2. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"... (Guinea-worm Disease) Organism.—This is an infection by Filaria medinensis. The parasite is found in the leg near the ankle. It docs not remain here, ..."

3. Epitome of Skin Diseases: With Formulae, for Students and Practitioners by Tilbury Fox (1879)
"Guinea-worm Disease—This is very common in tropical climates. Usually what happens is this : the worm (Filaria medinensis), when quite small, bores its way ..."

4. A Text-book of the Practice of Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1907)
"... such precautions might be advisable for sporadic cases in countries wherein filariasis is only occasionally introduced. Guinea-worm Disease ..."

5. Handbook of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Skin Diseases by Arthur Van Harlingen (1895)
"Guinea worm disease.—(See Filaria medinensis?) Graying of the Hair.—(See Canities?) Grocers' Itch.—Eczema of the hands and arms, due to the irritation ..."

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