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See also: Yaws
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- 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
[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.
Derived terms
[edit]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
References
[edit]- ^ “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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