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GUINEA-WORM

\ɡˈɪniwˈɜːm], \ɡˈɪniwˈɜːm], \ɡ_ˈɪ_n_i_w_ˈɜː_m]\

Definitions of GUINEA-WORM

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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See Filaria.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Filaria dracunculus, or Medinensis. A parasite. In hot climates, e.g. Arabia, Upper Egypt, Guinea, etc. ; especially affecting the leg ; from a few inches to three or four yards long.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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