yaws

See also: Yaws

English

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain.

Noun

yaws (uncountable)

1. (pathology) A contagious tropical disease, caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, which often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries.
   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 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.

Synonyms

• parangi

Translations

a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue

• Cebuano: puko
• Hindi: गोंडी रोग (goṇḍī rog), माड़िया रोग (māṛiyā rog)
• Indonesian: puru (id), patek (id)
• Japanese: 森林梅毒 (shinrinbaidoku)
• Javanese: ꦥꦛꦺꦏ꧀ (pathék), ꦥꦸꦫꦸ (puru)
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• Malay: puru
• Pohnpeian: kens
• Portuguese: bouba (pt) f

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Verb

yaws

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of yaw

Noun

yaws

1. plural of yaw

Anagrams

• -ways, Sway, sway, ways