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dracunculiasis, n. Path.|drəˌkʌŋkjʊˈlaɪəsɪs|
[f. dracunculus n. + -iasis.]
= *dracontiasis n.
1942D. L. Belding Clin. Parasitol. xxii. 375 Dracunculus medinensis... Disease.—Dracontiasis, dracunculosis, dracunculiasis. 1967Amer. Jrnl. Trop. Med. & Hygiene XVI. 23/1 Dracunculiasis occurs commonly in and around Kurnool. 1973T. Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow (1975) i. 13 Dracunculiasis and Oriental sore rampant among the troops, no beer for a month. 1990Lancet 8 Sept. 630/1 Several studies have reported on the prevalence of permanent disability resulting from poliomyelitis but dracunculiasis (guineaworm disease), another preventable cause of permanent disease, has not received the same attention. |