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See also: yaw

yaws

noun

plural in form but singular or plural in construction
: 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

called also frambesia

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Today, syphilis and other conditions caused by the same bacterium, Treponema pallidum, such as yaws and bejel, are making a comeback, with millions of people infected every year. Charlotte Hartley, Science | AAAS, 13 Aug. 2020 One of the men had a strain of the virus that causes hepatitis B; another suffered from yaws, a syphilis-like bacterial infection of the skin, bones and cartilage. Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2020 Similar to syphilis, the same strain of yaws was previously identified in a 17th-century colonist of European descent, according to the researchers. Fox News, 1 May 2020 Her own research has led her to suspect that the treponema bacteria originated in the New World, manifesting as yaws and spread through skin-to-skin contact exposed by a warm climate. National Geographic, 21 June 2018

Word History

Etymology

probably from an English-based creole of the Caribbean

First Known Use

1679, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of yaws was in 1679

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