yaws
Meanings
noun
- A contagious tropical disease, caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, which often resemble berries.
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of yaw
noun
- plural of yaw
name
- plural of Yaw
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Etymology
Uncertain. Attested since the 1670s, perhaps from an English creole (or other language) of the Caribbean.
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