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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A long, white parasitic worm, of species Dracunculus medinensis, which can live in human skin..
the rishta-doctors patiently removing guinea-worms, making an incision, trapping the three-foot-long creature's head in a cleft at the end of a stick, and then slowly winding it out of the incision
Use guinea-worm when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Guinea-worm means A long, white parasitic worm, of species Dracunculus medinensis, which can live in human skin..
Common synonyms include dragon worm.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
the rishta-doctors patiently removing guinea-worms, making an incision, trapping the three-foot-long creature's head in a cleft at the end of a stick, and then slowly winding it out of the incision
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