yaws
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See also: Yaws
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɔːz/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːz
- Homophone: yous (some non-rhotic accents, especially with the pour–poor merger)
Etymology 1
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Uncertain. Attested since the 1670s, perhaps from an English creole (or other language) of the Caribbean.[1]
Noun
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.
Derived terms
Translations
a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue
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Etymology 2
Inflected forms.
Verb
yaws
- third-person singular simple present indicative of yaw
Noun
yaws
References
- “yaws”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present., “yaws”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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