Home › Words › D › dracunculosisdracunculosisdracunculosis · noun — dracunculiasis.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyDracunculus + -osisnoundracunculiasisDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.dracontiasis 90% match — dracunculiasis vs dracunculosis →dracunculiasis 87% match — an infection caused by an infestation of the parasite Dracunculus medinensis vs dracunculosis →dracunculoid 65% match — Any of the infraorder Dracunculoidea of nematodes. vs dracunculosis →dracunculus 61% match — A dragonet, a fish of families Callionymidae or Draconettidae. vs dracunculosis →lambliasis 59% match — giardiasis vs dracunculosis →microfilaremia 57% match — infection of the blood with microfilariae vs dracunculosis →dirofilariasis 56% match — Infection by parasites in the Dirofilaria genus. vs dracunculosis →parafiliariosis 56% match — infection with nematodes of the genus Parafilaria vs dracunculosis →