guinea worm

英 美
  • 麦地那龙线虫
  • guinea n.几内亚n.英国往昔的金币
  • worm n.虫;蠕虫v.蠕动;驱虫;慢慢获取
Noun:
  1. 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

  2. parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates

    1. The C.D.C. says Guinea worm no longer strikes in Asia.
      疾病预防控制中心称在亚洲麦地那龙线虫病已经销声匿迹了。