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Dracunculiasis — Classification and external resources A method used to extract a guinea worm from the leg of a human ICD 10 B … Wikipedia
Dracunculiasis — Clasificación y recursos externos CIE 10 B 72, b 65 CIE 9 125.7 DiseasesDB 39 … Wikipedia Español
Dracunculiasis — A parasitic disease caused by the largest parasite that plagues people and bores into their tissues the guinea worm Dracunculus medinensis. Dracunculiasis is also called guinea worm disease and end of the road disease because it is not seen in… … Medical dictionary
dracunculiasis — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Dracunculus, the guinea worm genus, from Latin, diminutive of dracon , draco serpent, dragon more at dragon Date: 1942 a disease that is caused by infestation with the guinea worm and that has been eradicated in… … New Collegiate Dictionary
dracunculiasis — dra·cun·cu·li·a·sis … English syllables
dracunculiasis — noun 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 • Syn: ↑Guinea… … Useful english dictionary
dracunculiasis, dracunculosis — Infection with Dracunculus medinensis … Medical dictionary
Dracunculus medinensis — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
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