dracunculiasis
/drəˌkʌŋkjəˈlaɪəsɪs/
noun
- A disease caused by a parasitic worm that lives under the skin, also known as Guinea worm disease.
- Efforts to eradicate dracunculiasis have been very successful in recent decades.
- Dracunculiasis is a painful disease that affects people in some tropical regions.
- Drinking clean water is the best way to prevent dracunculiasis.