Definitions for yawsyɔz
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
yaws*yɔz(n.)
an infectious tropical disease, primarily of children, characterized by raspberrylike eruptions of the skin and caused by a spirochete, Treponema pertenue.
Category: Pathology
Ref: Also called frambesia.
* (used with a sing. v.).
Origin of yaws:
1670–80; < Jamaican Creole
yaw′ey(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
yaws, frambesia, framboesia(noun)
an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions
Wiktionary
yaws(Noun)
A contagious tropical disease, caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, which often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries.
Webster Dictionary
Yaws(noun)
a disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as framboesia, pian, verrugas, and crab-yaws
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Yaws
A systemic non-venereal infection of the tropics caused by Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue.
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