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Guinea worm
A parasitic nematoid worm (Filaria medinensis) frequent in many parts of Guinea, whence the name; it is long and thread-like, of a white colour, inhabiting the human skin, esp. of the lower extremities, where its presence causes painful suppuration. Also, the disease occasioned by its presence.
1699W. Dampier Voy. II. ii. 89 Guinea Worms are very frequent in some Places of the West Indies. 1799W. G. Browne Trav. Africa & Syria xxi. 326 The disease called the Guinea Worm is known..by the same name [Fertît]. 1833Baird in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club I. No. 1. 24 The Guinea-worm, which is a species of Filaria. 1872W. Aitken Sci. Med. (ed. 6) I. 138 The Guinea worm is essentially a tropical parasite.
attrib.1898P. Manson Trop. Diseases xxxiii. 517 Lately..a French naval surgeon, has introduced a system of managing guinea-worm cases which bids fair to shorten treatment. |