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Main Entry:: yaws
Pronunciation:: \ˈyȯz\
Function:: noun plural but singular or plural in construction
Etymology:: probably from an English-based creole of the Caribbean
Date:: 1679

: a contagious tropical disease 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

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