yaws
yaws
noun pl but singular or pl in constr \ˈyȯz\Definition of YAWS
: a contagious tropical disease caused by a spirochete (Treponema pertenue) closely resembling the causative agent of syphilis and marked by infectious ulcerative skin lesions with later bone involvement —called also frambesia
Origin of YAWS
probably from an English-based creole of the Caribbean
First Known Use: 1679
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