YAWS


Meaning of YAWS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈyȯz ]

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.