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Noun: Guinea worm disease
  1. 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
    - Guinea worm, dracunculiasis

Type of: infestation

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