yaws
See also: Yaws
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Etymology 1 edit
Uncertain.
Noun edit
yaws (uncountable)
- (pathology) A contagious tropical disease, caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, which often resemble berries.
- 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 16:
- 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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Translations edit
a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue
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Etymology 2 edit
Inflected forms.
Verb edit
yaws
- third-person singular simple present indicative of yaw
Noun edit
yaws
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