Meaning : 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.
Synonyms : dracunculiasis, guinea worm disease
Meaning : Parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates.
Synonyms : dracunculus medinensis
Guinea worm meaning in Bengali (Bangla).