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Yaws

//ˈjɔːz// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    plural of Yaw form-of, plural
Noun
  1. 1
    A contagious tropical disease, caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, which often resemble berries. uncountable

    "Other threats came from organisms co-evolving with humans, including tapeworms and such spirochaetes as Treponema, the agent of syphilis, and the similar skin infection, yaws."

  2. 2
    plural of yaw form-of, plural
  3. 3
    an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of yaw form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Attested since the 1670s, perhaps from an English creole (or other language) of the Caribbean.

Etymology 2

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Etymology 3

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