Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun guinea_worm_disease

1 sense of guinea worm disease

Sense 1
Guinea worm disease, Guinea worm, dracunculiasis -- (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)
       => infestation -- (the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites)