Meanings
plural guinea-worms · alternative Guinea worm · alternative Guinea-worm · alternative guinea worm
- A long, white parasitic worm, of species Dracunculus medinensis, which can live in human skin.
the rishta-doctors patiently removing guinea-worms, making an incision, trapping the three-foot-long creature's head in a cleft at the end of a stick, and then slowly winding it out of the incision
2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 889Synonyms: dragon worm
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA long, white parasitic worm, of species Dracunculus medinensis, which can live in human skin.
Translations
Finnish medinamato
- medinamatoDracunculus medinensis
Portuguese verme da Guiné, bicho da costa
- verme da GuinéDracunculus medinensis
- bicho da costaDracunculus medinensis
Turkish Gine solucanı
- Gine solucanıDracunculus medinensis
Welsh llyngyr Gini
- llyngyr GiniDracunculus medinensis
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