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.
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Yaws
/ˈjɔːz/
Synonyms for "yaws" (137 found)
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Closest matches (28)
acute articular rheumatismafrican lethargyaguealkali diseaseamebiasisamebic dysenteryanthraxasiatic cholerabacillary dysenterybastard measlesblack deathblack feverblackwater feverbreakbone feverbrucellosisbubonic plaguecachectic fevercerebral rheumatismchagres feverchicken pox
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Strong matches (41)
dysenteryelephantiasisencephalitis lethargicaenteric fevererysipelasfamine feverfive-day feverfluframbesiagerman measlesglandular fevergrippehansenosishaverhill feverhepatitisherpesherpes simplexherpes zosterhistoplasmosishookworm
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hydrophobiainfantile paralysisinfectious mononucleosisinflammatory rheumatisminfluenzajail feverjungle rotkala azarkissing diseaselepraleprosyleptospirosisloa loaloaiasislockjawmadnessmalariamalarial fever
Noun(3 words)
Related words (68)
marsh fevermeaslesmeningitismilzbrandmumpsornithosisosteomyelitisparatyphoid feverparotitisparrot feverpertussispneumoniapoliopoliomyelitispolyarthritis rheumatismponospsittacosisrabbit feverrabiesrat-bite fever
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relapsing feverrheumatic feverrickettsialpoxringwormrubellarubeolascarlatinascarlet feverschistosomiasisseptic sore throatshinglessleeping sicknesssleepy sicknesssmallpoxsnail feversplenic feverspotted feverstrep throatswamp fevertetanusthrushtineatrench fevertrench mouthtuberculosistularemiatyphoidtyphoid fevertyphustyphus feverundulant fevervacciniavaricellavariolavenereal diseaseviral dysenterywhooping coughyellow feveryellow jackzonazoster
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More general
7 entriesMore specific
6 entriesaircraft yawbone lesionship yawskin lesionyaw leftyaw right
Collocations
12 entriesTreponema pertenueaircraft yawship yawskin lesionstropical diseaseuncommanded yawyaw angleyaw axisyaw leftyaw motionyaw rateyaw right
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
1 entriesyaw as noun
Sample sentences
1 total sentences available.