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dracunculiasis

dra·cun·cu·liasis

uncommon

noun

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

Origin

Dracunculus + -iasis

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