dracunculiasisn.
/drəˌkʌŋkjʊˈlʌɪəsɪs/ Pathology.
= dracontiasis n.
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dracontiasis1885
opisthorchiasis1907
leishmaniosis1911
onchocerciasis1911
leishmaniasis1912
dracunculosis1914
lambliasis1916
giardiasis1919
acarine1924
toxoplasmosis1934
dracunculiasis1942
anisakiasis1962
cryptosporidiosis1971
1942 D. L. Belding Clin. Parasitol. xxii. 375 Dracunculus medinensis... Disease.—Dracontiasis, dracunculosis, dracunculiasis.
1967 Amer. Jrnl. Trop. Med. & Hygiene 16 23/1 Dracunculiasis occurs commonly in and around Kurnool.
1973 T. Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow i. 13 Dracunculiasis and Oriental sore rampant among the troops, no beer for a month.
1990 Lancet 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.
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