gaŋˈgōsə noun
( -s )
Etymology: Spanish, feminine of gangoso that talks through the nose, characterized by nasal resonance, of imitative origin
: a destructive ulcerative condition believed to be a manifestation of yaws that usually originates about the soft palate and spreads into the hard palate, nasal structures, and outward to the face, eroding intervening bone, cartilage, and soft tissues