YAWS


Meaning of YAWS in English

/ jɔːz; NAmE / noun

[ U ] a tropical skin disease that causes large red swellings

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WORD ORIGIN

late 17th cent.: probably from Carib yaya , from a South American Indian language.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.