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Definition: Dracunculus |
DracunculusNoun1. Tuberous herbaceous perennials: dragon arum. 2. Type genus of the family Dracunculidae. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Dracunculus \Dra*cun"cu*lus\, noun; plural Dracunculi. [Latin expression, diminutive of draco dragon.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Health | A genus of nematode parasites which inhabit the body cavity, serous membranes, and connective tissues of vertebrates. The species parasitic in man is Dracunculus medinensis. (references) |
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Synonym: DracunculusSynonym: genus Dracunculus (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Dracunculus |
| English words defined with "Dracunculus": Dracunculi, Dragon's wort. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Dracunculus": Dracunculiasis. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Dracunculus" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (little snake, rankle). |
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 | Dracunculus medinensis larvae. Parasite. Credit: CDC. |  | Dracunculus in hepate alaudae pedis Rom. magnitudine repertus / Melchior Haffner sc. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Health | People get infected with Guinea worm disease by drinking water contaminated with Dracunculus larvae. (references) | |
Dracunculiasis, more commonly known as Guinea worm disease, is a preventable infection caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis. (references) | ||
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Expressions using "Dracunculus": A dracunculus ♦ Artemisa dracunculus ♦ Artemisia dracunculus ♦ Dracunculus medinensis ♦ Dracunculus vulgaris ♦ genus Dracunculus. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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dracunculus vulgaris | 22 |
dracunculus medinensis | 8 |
dracunculus | 5 |
artemisia dracunculus | 3 |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-l-n-r-s-u-u-u" | |
-4 letters: lurdans, uncurls, undular, unusual. | |
-5 letters: caucus, caulds, lunars, lurdan, suldan, unclad, uncurl. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 72 61 63 75 6E 63 75 6C 75 73 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01110010 01100001 01100011 01110101 01101110 01100011 01110101 01101100 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D r a c u n c u l u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0072 0061 0063 0075 006E 0063 0075 006C 0075 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3884676987806987788785 |
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