See Also: guinea worm(encyclopedia)
WORM(dictionary)
worm(encyclopedia)
Worm(medicine)
WORM(dictionary)
cad-worm(dictionary)
worm(1)(dictionary)
worm-eat(dictionary)
worm(2)(dictionary)
Worm, Ole(medicine)

multiracial (oh) and guinea worm (sh)


multiracial (oh)



including or involving several different races of people
-see also multicultural multicultural
::a multiracial society

guinea worm (sh)




or medina worm or dragon worm

Nematode (Dracunculus medinensis) that is a common parasite of humans and Other mammals in tropical Asia and Africa and has been introduced into the West Indies and tropical South America.

The female grows to 20-48 in. (50-120 cm) long; the male, which dies upon mating, is only about 0.5-1.1 in. (12-29 mm) long. Both sexes live in the connective tissue of the host animal. Humans become infected when they drink water containing tiny crustaceans (e.g., copepods) that have eaten guinea-worm larvae. The disease the guinea worm carries, called dracunculiasis, can be extremely debilitating and painful.