Noun: dracunculiasis
- 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
"The village's new water filter helped prevent dracunculiasis";
- Guinea worm disease, Guinea worm
Type of: infestation
Encyclopedia: Dracunculiasis