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yaws

noun

  1. a contagious tropical disease especially of children caused by a spirochete (Treponema pertenue) closely resembling the causative agent of syphilis and marked by infectious ulcerative skin lesions with later bone involvement
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈjɔːz/

name

  1. plural of Yaw

noun

Etymology: Inflected forms.

  1. plural of yaw

verb

Etymology: Inflected forms.

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of yaw