YAWS

Meaning of YAWS in English

[yaws] n pl but sing or pl in constr [prob. fr. an English-based creole of the Caribbean] (1679): an infectious contagious tropical disease caused by a spirochete (Treponema pertenue) closely resembling the causative agent of syphilis and marked by ulcerating lesions with later bone involvement--called also frambesia

Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012

YAWS — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: probably from an English-based creole of the Caribbean Date: 1679 a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
YAWS — or frambesia Contagious tropical disease, caused by a variant of the spirochete that causes syphilis . Yaws spreads mainly by …
Английский словарь Британика
YAWS — I. plural of yaw present third singular of yaw II. ˈyȯz noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
YAWS — (n.) A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious character, …
Английский словарь Webster
YAWS — ( n. ) A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
YAWS — /yawz/ , n. ( used with a singular v. ) Pathol. an infectious, nonvenereal tropical disease, primarily of children, characterized …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
YAWS — n. tropical disease
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
YAWS — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: probably from an English-based creole of the Caribbean Date: 1679 : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
YAWS — noun a disease, occurring in the antilles and in africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious character, …
Webster English vocab
YAWS — ■ plural noun [treated as sing. ] a contagious tropical disease caused by a bacterium that enters skin abrasions and …
Concise Oxford English vocab
YAWS
Britannica English vocabulary
YAWS — yaws BrE AmE jɔːz jɑːz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
YAWS — / jɔːz; NAmE / noun [ U ] a tropical skin disease that causes large red swellings •• WORD ORIGIN …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
YAWS — yaws /jɔːz $ jɒːz/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] a tropical skin disease
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
YAWS — n.pl. (usu. treated as sing.) a contagious tropical skin-disease with large red swellings. [17th c.: orig. unkn.]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
YAWS — n.pl. (usu. treated as sing.) a contagious tropical skin-disease with large red swellings. [ 17th c.: orig. unkn. ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
YAWS — n.pl. (usu. treated as sing.) a contagious tropical skin-disease with large red swellings. Etymology: 17th c.: orig. unkn.
Oxford English vocab
YAWS — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As with yaws , penicillin is the treatment of choice. ▪ The destructive lesions seen …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
YAWS — n. or frambesia Contagious tropical disease, caused by a variant of the spirochete that causes syphilis . Yaws spreads mainly …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
YAWS
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
YAWS — sway ways
Anagrams English vocabulary
YAWS — A tropical infection with berry-like bumps on the skin of the face, hands, feet and genital area. The infectious organism …
English Dictionary of Medicine
YAWS — употр. с гл. в ед. и мн. ч. мед. фрамбези употр. с гл. в ед. и мн. ч.: (медицина) фрамбезия
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
YAWS — n употр. с гл. в ед. и мн. ч. мед. фрамбезия
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
YAWS — употр. с гл. в ед. и мн. ч., мед. фрамбези
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
YAWS — (n) фрамбезия
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
YAWS — n употр. с гл. в ед. и мн. ч. мед. фрамбезия
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
YAWS — n употр. с гл. в ед. и мн. ч. мед. фрамбезия
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
YAWS — n. фрамбезия
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
YAWS — n. фрамбезия
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
YAWS — n. Pronunciation: ' yo ̇ z Function: noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: probably from an English-based …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
YAWS — тропическая фрамбезия, тропическая гранулема, невенерический сифилис
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
YAWS — [n.] [употр.] с [гл.] в [ед.] и [мн.] [ч. мед.] фрамбезия
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
YAWS — n употр. с гл. в ед. и мн. ч. мед. фрамбезия
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
YAWS — употр. с гл. в ед. и мн. ч. мед. фрамбези употр. с гл. в ед. и мн. ч.: (медицина) фрамбезия
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
YAWS — фрамбезия
Англо-Русский словарь

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